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PAPER-II HISTORY Signature and Name of Invigilator 1. (Signature) __________________________ OMR Sheet No. : ............................................... (To be filled by the Candidate) (Name) ____________________________ Roll No. 2. (Signature) __________________________ (In figures as per admission card) (Name) ____________________________ 06 S Roll No.________________________________ (In words) 1 3 1 Time : 1 /4 hours] [Maximum Marks : 100 Number of Pages in this Booklet : 16 Instructions for the Candidates Number of Questions in this Booklet : 50 1. 2. - 3. , - - , : (i) - / - / (ii) - / - - (iii) OMR - 4. (A), (B), (C) (D) : (C) 5. I OMR OMR , 6. 7. (Rough Work) 8. OMR , , , , , 9. OMR OMR 10. / 11. ( ) 12. 1. Write your roll number in the space provided on the top of this page. 2. This paper consists of fifty multiple-choice type of questions. 3. At the commencement of examination, the question booklet will be given to you. In the first 5 minutes, you are requested to open the booklet and compulsorily examine it as below : (i) To have access to the Question Booklet, tear off the paper seal / polythene bag on the booklet. Do not accept a booklet without sticker-seal / without polythene bag and do not accept an open booklet. (ii) Tally the number of pages and number of questions in the booklet with the information printed on the cover page. Faulty booklets due to pages/questions missing or duplicate or not in serial order or any other discrepancy should be got replaced immediately by a correct booklet from the invigilator within the period of 5 minutes. Afterwards, neither the Question Booklet will be replaced nor any extra time will be given. (iii) After this verification is over, the OMR Sheet Number should be entered on this Test Booklet. 4. Each item has four alternative responses marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). You have to darken the circle as indicated below on the correct response against each item. Example : where (C) is the correct response. 5. Your responses to the items are to be indicated in the OMR Sheet given inside the Paper I Booklet only. If you mark at any place other than in the circle in the OMR Sheet, it will not be evaluated. 6. Read instructions given inside carefully. 7. Rough Work is to be done in the end of this booklet. 8. If you write your Name, Roll Number, Phone Number or put any mark on any part of the OMR Sheet, except for the space allotted for the relevant entries, which may disclose your identity, or use abusive language or employ any other unfair means, you will render yourself liable to disqualification. 9. You have to return the original OMR Sheet to the invigilators at the end of the examination compulsorily and must not carry it with you outside the Examination Hall. You are however, allowed to carry duplicate copy of OMR Sheet on conclusion of examination. 10. Use only Blue/Black Ball point pen. 11. Use of any calculator or log table etc., is prohibited. 12. There is no negative marks for incorrect answers. S-06-13 1 P.T.O. HISTORY Paper-II Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory. 1. 4. 1 6. 7. The dock-yards have been found at Lothal and Dholavira. Which of the following does not belong to Jainism ? (A) Anekantavada (B) Ganadhara (C) Patimokkha (D) Syadvada The tools and metals provide the idea of the specialised artisans. 4 Which of the following is not true about the sangam age ? (A) Its historicity is debatable. (B) The tamil commentaries of about the 8th century AD inform us about the three sangams. (C) There are references to wars between the Cholas, the Pandyas and the Cheras in its poems. (D) The exploits of the chiefs are not given in its literature. The inscriptions are in different contemporary scripts. 3 The 5th pillar edict says that Ashoka made some living creatures such as parrots, fish, ants, tortoises, etc, inviolable. After which consecration year was it ordered ? (A) 20th year (B) 26th year (C) 30th year (D) 15th year The sites are discovered both from the urban and rural areas. 2 Which of the following inscriptions makes a reference to Chandragupta Maurya ? (A) Kandhar inscription of Ashoka (B) Brahmagiri inscription of Ashoka (C) Junagadh inscription of Rudradaman I (D) Maski inscription of Ashoka 5. Consider the following statements about the Harappan civilization : Which of the above statements are correct ? (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3 (C) 2 and 4 (D) 4 and 2 2. Which deities are not referred to in the Rig-veda ? (A) the gods of natural phenomena like Indra, Agni, Varuna and Mitra. (B) the goddesses like Ushas and Aditi. (C) the semi-divine deities such as gandharvas, apsaras and pishachas. (D) Ganesha and Karttikeya. 3. Which one of the following is not contained in the Upanishads ? (A) Avataravada (B) Atman (C) Brahman (D) Maya Paper-II 2 S-06-13 II : (50) - (2) 4. 5. 2. ? (A) (B) (C) (D) ? (A) (B) (C) , (D) ? (A) (B) (C) (D) ? (A) , , (B) (C) - , (D) 3. , , , ? (A) 20 (B) 26 (C) 30 (D) 15 7. : 1. 2. 3. 4. ? (A) 1 2 (B) 1 3 (C) 2 4 (D) 4 2 ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 6. 1. S-06-13 3 Paper-II 8. Which of the following is the theme of the sculptures of Gandhara art ? (A) Presentation of bride to Siddhartha. (B) Gift of Jetavana Garden to the Buddha. (C) Buddha s parinirvana scene. (D) All the above. 12. Who has propounded the theory of the beginning of the process of State formation at regional and sub-regional levels during the early mediaeval period ? (A) Hermann Kulke (B) R.S. Sharma (C) B.N. Datta (D) D.D. Kosambi 9. Which of the following Gupta inscriptions mentions Krishna and Devaki ? (A) Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta (B) Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta (C) Eran stone pillar inscription of Budhagupta (D) The Mehrauli iron pillar inscription 13. Which Gupta inscription records the gift of a village in favour of a Vishnu temple ? (A) Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta (B) Udayagiri cave inscription of Chandragupta II (C) Bilsad pillar inscription of Kumaragupta I (D) Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta 10. At which of the following Quinquennial assemblies at Prayaga did Harsha donate almost all his belongings ? (A) 5th (B) 6th (C) 7th (D) 8th 14. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : Rudradaman I repaired the damaged embankment of Sudarshana lake. Reason (R) : As a good gesture, he neither levied any emergency tax nor demanded the free services of people. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? Codes : (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false. (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true. 11. What is true about the Kushanas ? (A) Their traces have been found in Central Asia. (B) They perhaps initiated the practice of appointing two governors simultaneously in the same province. (C) The Gandhara art which developed under them not only popularised the Buddha in the anthropomorphic form, but also encouraged the amalgam of Indian and foreign arts. (D) All the above. Paper-II 4 S-06-13 8. ? (A) (B) 12. ? (A) (B) . . (C) . . (D) (D) . . (C) 9. 10. ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 13. (A) , (A) (R) : (A) : (D) (R) : , ? (A) ? (C) (D) (B) S-06-13 (D) 14. (C) ? (A) (B) (B) (C) 11. ? : (R) (A) (R) (A) (A) (B) (R) , (A) (R) (C) (A) (A) , (R) (D) (A) 5 , (R) Paper-II 15. Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below : 18. The water tax collected during Firoz Shah Tughlaq s reign was known as : (A) Sondhar List I List II (B) Haqq-i-Sharab (Term) (Meaning) (C) Ghari (a) Jajamani system (i) Cultivable land (b) Kakini (ii) Land measurement (c) Kshetra (iii) Remuneration paid in kind for services (D) Charai 19. (A) Ibn Battuta (d) Nivartana (iv) Copper coin (B) (b) (c) (d) (A) (i) (iii) (ii) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) Abdur Razzaq (iv) (B) Duarate Barbosa (C) Codes : (a) Which of the following travellers has given the graphic picture of sati practiced in the Sultanate period ? (D) A. Nikitin (D) (iv) (ii) 16. 20. (iii) (i) Assertion (A) : Alauddin Khilji decreed that the entire revenue collection from Khalisa in the Doab as well as from Delhi should be in kind. Tilak, a Hindu general, served the army of : (A) Mir Qasim (B) Reason (R) : Alauddin wanted a large amount of grain reserve for Delhi for contingents as well as for price fixation. Mahmud Gaznavi (C) Mohammad Ghori (D) Yalduz 17. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following codes is correct ? The terms Khut , Muqaddam and chaudhary in the Sultanate period referred to : Codes : (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). (A) Big Rajput chiefs (B) (C) (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). (C) Land Revenue Collectors (A) is true, but (R) is false. The class of rural intermediaries (D) Officers of department Paper-II the Judicial (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true. 6 S-06-13 15. I II : 18. ? I II (A) ( ) ( ) (B) - - (a) (i) (C) (b) (ii) (D) (c) (iii) (d) (iv) 19. ? (A) (B) : (c) (d) (C) (A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv) (D) . (B) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (a) (b) (D) (iv) (ii) 16. 20. (iii) (i) (A) : , , ? (A) (B) (C) (D) , (A) (R) : (R) : ? : 17. , ? (A) (B) - (C) (D) (A) (A) (R) (A) S-06-13 (R), (B) (A) (R) , (R), (A) (C) (A) (D) (A) 7 , (R) , (R) Paper-II 21. 22. 23. In respect of the reign of Sikandar Lodi which one of the following observations is correct ? (A) Sikandar s love for justice was remarkable and he provided speedy and impartial justice. (B) He persecuted the Hindus because of his religious intolerance. (C) Sikandar made Agra his second capital. (D) All of the above. 24. (A) Babur (B) Akbar (C) Jahangir (D) Shah Jahan 25. The use of tobacco came to northern India during the reign of Akbar and it was popularly used. Seeing its menance, it was banned by : (A) Emperor Akbar Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : The process of urbanisation during the sultanate period led to social mobility among craftsmen in the urban centres. Reason (R) : The artisans and craftsmen considered low caste in the Hindu social system, could now live even in the vicinity of the ruling elite. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? Codes : (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false. (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true. (B) Emperor Jahangir (C) Emperor Shah Jahan (D) Emperor Aurangzeb 26. Which of the following is not correctly matched ? (A) Marco Polo - Portuguese (B) Pietro Della Valle - English (D) Francois Bernier 27. Italian (C) William Hawkins - French Which one of the following terms denotes money changers ? (A) Ijardars (B) Patels (C) Sarrafs (D) Wajhdars 28. Khair ul Majalis a sufi malfuzat, is dedicated to which sufi saint ? (A) Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki (B) Nasiruddin Mahmud Chirag-iDilli (C) Muhammad Gesu Daraz (D) Baba Hayat Qalandar Paper-II The du-aspa sih-aspa was introduced into the Mughal mansabdari system by Which of the Mughal emperors disapproved of old women taking young husbands and said that this goes against all modesty ? (A) Babur (B) Akbar (C) Jahangir (D) Aurangzeb 8 S-06-13 21. 22. 23. ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 24. 25. S-06-13 9 (money changer) ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 28. ? (A) (B) - - (C) (D) ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 27. , ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 26. , (A) (R) (A) : (R) : , ? : (A) (A) (R) (A) (R) (B) (A) (R) , (A) (R) (C) (A) , (R) (D) (A) , (R) - - ? (A) (B) (C) (D) ? (A) (B) (C) (D) Paper-II 29. 32. In which of his works, prince Dara Shikoh compares Islamic sufi concepts with the Hindu philosophical outlook ? Britain must secure the prosperity of India s people before seeking any gain itself. Britain s right to rule India, so its leaders argued, could be made legitimate, but only through just governance. (A) Sakinat-ul Auliya (B) Qawaid-i-Sultanate-i-Shah Jahan (C) Who made the following statement after the battle of plassy ? Majma-ul- Bahrain (A) Warren Hastings (D) Shahnama-i-Munawwar Kalam (B) (C) 30. In the context of the conquest of Gujarat and Malwa by the Marathas, which one of the following statements is correct ? (C) Robert Clive (D) Cornwallis 33. (A) The Maratha claim of chauth and sardeshmukhi was formalized in Gujarat and Malwa. (B) Edmund Burke Brahmo Samaj has not adopted one of the following as the part of social reform : (A) Spread of modern education (B) (C) Subsequently the Maratha claim for chauth and sardeshmukhi was substituted by a demand for the cessation of territory. Infallibility of the vedas Opposition to idolatery (D) Rational ethics 34. The provinces were divided into spheres of influence among the Maratha Sardars. In 1837, Lord Auckland sent Alexander Burnes as an English Ambassador to : (A) Baluchistan (B) Sindh (C) (D) All of the above. Kabul (D) Kandhar 31. The French East India Company was formed for trading with India under the patronage of : 35. (A) Louis XIII The censorship of the Press Act was passed in (A) 1773 (B) Louis XIV (B) 1774 (C) Louis XV (C) 1793 (D) 1799 (D) Louis XVI Paper-II 10 S-06-13 29. 32. ? (A) - - (B) - - - - (C) - (D) - - - ? , , (B) (A) (B) (C) 33. (D) ? (C) 30. (A) ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 34. 1837 ? 31. (B) ? (A) -XIII (B) 35. (D) (C) (D) (A) ? (A) 1773 -XIV (B) 1774 (C) -XV (C) 1793 (D) -XVI (D) 1799 S-06-13 11 Paper-II 36. 37. 38. One of the following organisations was not associated with National Education Movement in the early twentieth century. (A) Bhagabat Chatuspadi of Satischandra Mukherjee (B) The Saraswat Ayatan of Brahma Bandopadhyay (C) Santiniketan Ashram of Rabindranath Tagore (D) Anushilan Samiti of Barindra Kumar Ghosh 39. 40. Paper-II 12 The Preservation of Ancient Monuments Act was passed during the time of (A) Lord Curzon (B) Elgin II (C) Lord Lytton (D) Lord Ripon 42. Who became the trend-setter of Modern Telugu literature ? (A) Rao Bahadur Veeresa Lingam Pentulu (B) Nanduri Venkata Subbarao (C) Kokkanda Venkataratnam Pentulu (D) Garimella Satyanarayana Mrs. Annie Besant leader of the Theosophical Society of India was (A) An English Lady (B) An American Lady (C) A European Lady (D) An Irish Lady 41. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : British contemplated different strategies in India. At no time was the British vision of India ever informed by a single coherent set of ideas. Reason (R) : Despite an enduring commitment to the production of knowledge about India, the British made little effort at any time to construct a consistent ideology for their imperial enterprise. Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below : Codes : (A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false. (B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct. (C) Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). (D) Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). On which post Dadabhai Naoroji was appointed in the Baroda State ? (A) Treasurer (B) Minister (C) Dewan (D) Collector Match the List I the annual sessions of Indian National Congress with List II its President in that session : List I List II (a) Lucknow (i) Hakim Ajmal Session of 1916 Khan (b) Delhi Session of (ii) C.R. Das 1918 (c) Ahmedabad (iii)Madan Mohan Session of 1920 Malaviya (d) Gaya Session of (iv)Ambika Charan 1922 Mazumdar Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii) (B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv) (C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii) (D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) S-06-13 36. 37. 38. ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 39. 40. (A) (R) : (A) : (R) : , : : (A) (A) , (R) (B) (A) , (R) (C) (A) (R) (D) (A) (R) (A) (B) (C) (D) ? (A) (B) -II (C) (D) 42. I II : I II ( ( ) ) (a) , (i) 1916 (b) , (ii) . . 1918 (c) (iii) , 1920 (d) , (iv) 1922 : 41. - ? (A) (B) (C) (D) S-06-13 ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (a) (A) (iv) (B) (iii) (C) (i) (D) (ii) 13 (b) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv) (c) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii) (d) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) Paper-II 43. 44. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : Montagu-Chelmsford reforms in 1919 totally disregarded the Lucknow pact. Reason (R) : The defeat of Turkey created the spectre of Islam in danger and started Khilafat movement to mobilise mass support for muslim leadership. Read the above statements and select the correct answers from the codes given below : Codes : (A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false. (B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct. (C) Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). (D) Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). 47. Who among the following observed that the subject matter of history is not a general fact, such as revolution, custom or a culture, nor is it a particular fact such as a war or a great personality, but it is thought. ? (A) E.H. Carr (B) R.G. Collingwood (C) Lord Acton (D) Ernest Bernheim 48. Who among the following does not belong to the school of subaltern historiography ? (A) Ranjit Guha (B) David Arnold (C) Bipin Chandra (D) Gyan Pandey 49. In which year Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged ? (A) 1929 (B) 1930 (C) 1931 (D) 1935 The only country which welcomed India s status as a member of nuclear club in 1974 was : (A) Germany (B) 45. 46. Canada (D) UK 50. Which of the following characteristics of commonwealth is not correct ? (A) The commonwealth is neither a federation nor a confederation. Who among the following stated that Bad history is not harmless history. It is dangerous. The sentences typed on apparently innocuous keyboards may be sentences of death ? (A) E.H. Carr (B) Eric Hobsbawm (C) R.G. Collingwood (D) Marc Bloch Paper-II France (C) Feeling of bias is increasing in the historians of the present day because of (A) increasing communalism in writing (B) narrow interpretations of datas (C) regionalism and prejudices in writing (D) all the above are correct (B) The voluntary character of the commonwealth is proved by the right of the nations to secede. (C) It has a recognised constitutional organisation. (D) There is no central authority and division of power among the members. 14 S-06-13 47. S-06-13 ( ) ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 49. 1974 (A) (B) (C) (D) . . 50. 15 - , ? (A) . . (B) . . (C) (D) 48. (A) (R) (A) : - 1919 (R) : : (A) (A) , (R) (B) (A) , (R) (C) (A) (R) (D) (A) (R) 44. , ? (A) 1929 (B) 1930 (C) 1931 (D) 1935 45. , (A) (B) (C) (D) 46. ? (A) . . (B) (C) . . (D) 43. ? (A) (B) (C) (D) Paper-II Space For Rough Work Paper-II 16 S-06-13

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