Section 1 Full Marks : 100 Group A Objective Type Questions I. 1. 50 1 = 50 (For Question Nos. 1 to 50 there is one correct answer. In each question you have to choose that correct answer from the given options) : 2. In which year did Rakhal Das Banerjee find remains of Mohan Jodaro? (a) 1920 A.D. (b) 1921 A.D. (c) 1922 A.D. (d) 1923 A.D. 3. Harappa is situated on the bank of which river? (a) Indus (b) Beas (c) Sutlej (d) Ravi 4. Which of the following metals was unknown to the people of Indus valley? (a) Gold (b) Silver (c) Iron (d) Copper 5. From which place in the Indus Valley civilization have remains of Great Bath come to light? (a) Harappa (b) Mohanjodaro (c) Kalibangan (d) Lothal 6. Ashoka was the ruler of which dynasty? (a) Nand (b) Maurya (c) Gupta (d) Kushana 7. Which ruler is called Napoleon of India? (a) Ashoka (b) Samudragupta (c) Akbar (d) Chandragupta Maurya 1
8. Out of sixteen Mahajanpadas which Mahajanpada was most powerful? (a) Magadh (b) Avanti (c) Kosala (d) Gandhara Where did Mahavira achieve Nirvana? (a) Pavapuri (b) Vaishali (c) Champa (d) Nalanda 10. Stupa is related with which religion? (a) Buddhism (b) Jainism (c) Brahmanism (d) Christianity 11. Who wrote the Mahabharata? (a) Valmiki (b) Manu (c) Yagyavalkya (d) Vedavyas 12. Who is the author of Manusmirty? (a) Manu (b) Harisen (c) Tulsidas (d) Kalidas 13. How many 'Puranas' are there? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 19 (d) 20 14. Who started the construction of Qutub Minar? (a) Iltutmish (b) Jalaluddin Khilji (c) Qutubddin Aibak (d) Razia 15. Din-I-Illahi is associated with whom? (a) Babur (b) Humanyu (c) Akbar (d) Jahangir 16. Which ruler had transferred his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad? (a) Balban (b) Muhammad Tughlaq (c) Babur (d) Akbar Who was the last Mughal emperor of India? 2
17. (a) Shahjahan (c) Aurangzeb (b) Muhammad Shah (d) Bahadurshah Zafar 18. Dargah of Sheikh Moinuddin Chishti is situated in : (a) Ajmer (b) Fatehpur Sikri (c) Agra (d) Delhi 19. With whom did Al-Baruni come to India? (a) Muhammad Gori (b) Muhammad Ghazni (c) Babar (d) Iltutmish 20. Which saint started Bhakti Movement in North India? (a) Ramanand (b) Kabir (c) Chaitanya (d) Nanak 21. Whose birth place is Talwandi? (a) Kabir (b) Nanak (c) Raidas (d) Meera 22. Who was the regent of Akbar? (a) Faizi (b) Munim Khan (c) Abdul Rahim (d) Bairam Khan 23. Who wrote Ain-i-Akbari? (a) Badaun (b) Abul Fazal (c) Faizi (d) Babur 24. Ibn Batuta wrote his travel details in : (a) Arabic (b) English (c) Urdu (d) Persian 25. 'Gopuram' is related with : (a) Temple (b) Trade (c) Town (d) Cow Female Saint among the following was : 3
26. (a) Meera (b) Andal (c) Karaikal (d) All of them 27. Hampi town is related with which empire? (a) Vijayanagar (b) Bahmani (c) Guptas (d) Mauryas 28. Who is called Father of Russian Indology? (a) Nicholas Conti (b) G.S. Lividev (c) Gazani (d) None of them I 29. Who was founded the Vijayanagar Empire? (a) Devaraya I (b) Harihar and Bukka (c) Krishnadevaraya (d) Sadashivaraya 30. Who were the first European to come India? (a) Portugese (b) British (c) Dutch (d) French 31. Code of Cornwallish was brought in : (a) 1797 (b) 1775 (c) 1805 (d) 1793 32. When was Gateway of India constructed? (a) 1914 (b) 1913 (c) 1912 (d) 1910 33. When did Portuguese captured Goa? (a) 1515 (b) 1512 (c) 1510 (d) 1509 34. Supreme Court in Calcutta was established in? (a) 1885 (b) 1773 (c) 1771 (d) 1673 4
35. Who was the leader of Santhal Revolt? (a) Birsa Munda (b) Sidho (c) Kaliram (d) None of these 36. When was Railways introduced in India? (a) 1853 (b) 1858 (c) 1855 (d) 1856 37. Veer Kunwar Singh, leader of the revolt of 1857 in Bihar, was the Jamindar of which place? (a) Gaya (b) Darbhanga (c) Jagdishpur (d) Munger 38. The Doctrine of Lapse was associated with : (a) Lord Curzon (b) Dalhousie (c) Lytton (d) Minto 39. The capital of India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in : (a) 1909 (b) 1910 (c) 1911 (d) 1912 40. Indian National Congress was established in which year? (a) 1887 (b) 1885 (c) 1875 (d) 1857 41. Which is called 'Kala Kanoon'? (a) Rowlett Act (c) Wood's Despatch (b) Ilbert Bill (d) Bengal's Partition 42. When was Non-cooperation movement launched? (a) 1920 (b) 1922 (c) 1930 (d) 1932 When was Muslim League founded? (a) 1902 (b) 1906 (c) 1907 (d) 1914 5
43. 44. When was the partition of Bengal announced? (a) 1905 (b) 1906 (c) 1911 (d) 1914 45. When was Champaran Satyagrah launched in Bihar? (a) 1905 (b) 1912 (c) 1917 (d) 1925 46. When was Civil Disobedience Movement held? (a) 1920 (b) 1930 (c) 1940 (d) 1945 47. In which year was the Poona Pact held? (a) 1932 (b) 1934 (c) 1939 (d) 1942 48. Partition of India was announced in which year? (a) 1945 (b) 1946 (c) 1947 (d) 1948 49. Who gave the slogan March to Delhi? (a) Gandhi Ji (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Rajendra Prasad (d) Subhash Chandra Bose 50. Who was the last Governor General of Independent India? (a) Lord Mountbatten (b) Lord Curzon (c) C. Rajgopalachari (d) B.R. Ambedkar According to the constitution of India sovereignty is rested in (a) President (b) Prime Minister (c) Judiciary (d) Constitution 6
II Section II Group B Short Answer Type Questions 15 2=30 Question Nos. 1 to 23 are short answer type. Answer any 15 questions (Answer in 50 to 70 words) Write the name of any three sources of history for its study. What do you mean by carbon-14 system? Mention the means of irrigation used by the Harappans. What do you understand by mahajanpad? Describe the fourth Buddhist Council. Focus on Varna system in Ancient India. Write a note on Kautilya's Arthashastra. What do you know about Ibn Batuta? Write a short note on Al-Biruni. What do you understand by Sufism? What do you mean by Din-i-Illahi? What was the main features of the religious policy of Akbar? Describe the Jagirdari system in Mughal Period. 7
Write a short note on Akbarnama. What was the importance of hill stations for British rulers in India? What do you mean by Permanent Settlement? What do you mean by Drain of wealth? What were the main causes of the Revolt of 1857? Write a short note on Swadeshi Movement. What were the causes of Champaran Movement? The years immediately preceding the making of the Constitution of India had been exceptionally tumultuous. Why? What do you mean by Communal Award? Write the Preamble of Indian Constitution. Group C Long Answer Type Questions 4 5 = 20 Question Nos. 01 to 04 are Long Answer Type. Answer all questions (Answer in 125 to 175 Words) Discuss the main characteristics of town planning of Indus valley civilization. Or Describe the life and teachings of Mahavira. Assess the cultural achievements of the Vijaynagar empire. 8
Or Review the importance and effects of the Bhakti Movements. Discuss the Mansabdari System of Akbar. Or Discuss the status of Zamindars in Mughal period. Describe the nature and results of Non Cooperation Movement. Or Assess the contributions of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the making of modern India. 9