State Eligibility Test 2017

History

(Model Answer Key)

Part-A

Q1

:

Who was India's only Jewish "Viceroy"?

?

A Lord Hardinge

B Lord Reading

C Lord Lansdowne

D Lord Elgin

Answer Key: B

Q2

:

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

! # ?

A Ali Adil Shah I - Jami Masjid Of Bijapur

) + - 0 1

B Sultan Sikandar Shah- Adina Masjid

2 - 1

C Sikandar Lodi - Moth Ki Masjid

2 - 0 1

D Balban - Kala-i-Kuhna Masjid

- -- 1

Answer Key: D

Q3

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Babar was a devoted follower of which of the following Sufi Saints?

! # 5 0 ?

A Khwaja Ubaydallah Ahzar

9

B Shaikh Salim Chishti

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C Ghous Shattari

D Shaikh Dawud

Answer Key: A

Q4

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Which of the following events in world history was called as "The war to end all wars"?

= 0 5 ! ' AB C A' ?

A I world war

+ = A

B II world war

D= = A

C Thirty years war

E A

D War of Roses

B A

Answer Key: A

Q5

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Who among the following refused to accept that Hitler was solely responsible for the outbreak of the

Second World War?

! # 5 ) D= = A 0 F G

5 ?

A Lewis B. Namier

= .

B Wheeler - Bennett

H-

C Wiskemann

=1

D A.J.P.Taylor

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Answer Key: D

Q6

:

Which of the following disappeared in the later Vedic period?

! # I G ) # =C ?

A Sabha

B Vidatha

=

C Samiti

D Jana

Answer Key: B

Q7

:

Which among the following was the most formidable power in North India at the time of Alexander's

invasion?

2 J G 0 I ! # - ?

A The Mauryas

B The Nandas

C The Guptas

C

D The Lichchavis

L=

Answer Key: B

Q8

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Who among the following was the composer of the famous Aihole Prashasti of Pulkeshin II ?

! # D= 0 + A +1 ?

A Harisen

N

B Bana Bhatt

O

C Ravi Kirti

= 0

D Patanjali

Answer Key: C

Q9

:

Who introduced the Railways in India?

# 0 F 5 0?

A Lord Cornwallis

B Lord Dalhousie

C Lord Canning

D Lord William Bentinck

= )

Answer Key: B

Q10

:

Champaran Satyagraha was against which of the following plantations?

GP ! # 5 =FA ?

A Sugarcane

2

B Tea

C Indigo

D Cotton

Answer Key: C

Q11

:

Which Sultan of Delhi was called 'Lakh Baksha'?

) - '9' ?

A Qutbuddin Aibaq

Q

B Muhammad Tuglaq

C Sikandar Lodi

2

D Alauddin Khilji

Q !

Answer Key: A

Q12

:

Who among the following pioneered Marxist historiography in India?

! # 5 # 0 F 0?

A Irfan Habib

B R.S. Sharma

..

C S.A. Dange

..

D D.D. Koshambi

..

Answer Key: D

Q13 Who among the following was deported to the Cellular jail of Andaman?

: ! # 5 0 # 5 ?

A Subhash Chandra Bose

2S

B Bal Gangadhar Tilak

C Udham Singh

D V.D. Savarkar

..

Answer Key: D

Q14

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Who among the following has been called the 'Father of Indian Pre-History'?

! # 5 ' +- ' ?

A Alexander Cunningham

I#

B Robert Bruce Foote

V

C Colonel Meadows Taylor

D John Marshall

Answer Key: B

Q15

:

Where in India has the human skull of Homo erectus been discovered?

# I +C ?

A Hathnora

B Dholaveera

C Adamgarh

D Bhimbetka

Answer Key: A

Q16

:

Which mandal of the Rigveda consists entirely of hymns addressed to Soma?

Y Z # : : IB ?

A IV

B VIII

C IX

D X

Answer Key: C

Q17

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Which Ancient text mentions the name of Chandragupta Maurya for the first time?

5 + P # SC ?

A Arthashastra

1

B Mudrarakshas

S[

C Bhagvat purana

D Mahabharata

Answer Key: C

Q18

:

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

! # - Y ?

A Sankhya - Kapila

9-=

B Vaishesika- Uluka Kanada

= -

C Ajivaka- Atish Deepankar

-

D Nyaya- Akshapada Gautama

2-[

Answer Key: C

Q19

:

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

! # - Y ?

A Thomas Moore - Utopia

- =

B Cervantes - Don Quixote

- I

C Machiavelli - Emile

5 -

D Rebelais - Gargantua

-

Answer Key: C

Q20

:

Who among the following is considered as the 'Father of Humanism'?

! # 5 ' ' ?

A Dante

B Erasmus

C Bacon

D Petrarch

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Answer Key: D

Q21

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Who among the following commented : "Kabirpanth ab bhyo Khalsa"?

! # 5 )C 0 : " "?

A Guru Nanak

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B Kabir

C Guru Govind Singh

^ =2

D Abdul Qadir Jilani

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Answer Key: C

Q22

:

Which chola ruler assumed the title of 'Gangaikondachola'?

5 'Z' 0 : 0?

A Rajendra I

2S +

B Rajaraja I

+

C Parantaka I

2 +

D Rajadhiraja I

: +

Answer Key: A

Q23

:

Lansdowne remained Governor-General and Viceroy of India during which period?

5 : # - ?

A 1880-1884

1880-1884

B 1884-1888

1884-1888

C 1882-1886

1882-1886

D 1888-1894

1888-1894

Answer Key: D

Q24

:

Sir Antony Macdonald is associated with which of the following?

2 ! # 5 2 ?

A Famine commission

B Agriculture commission

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C Police commission

D Education commission

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Answer Key: A

Q25

:

In which year was Rabindranath Tagore awarded Nobel Prize for his book 'Geetanjali'?

2S 1 1 5 + 5 ?

A 1911

1911

B 1912

1912

C 1913

1913

D 1915

1915

Answer Key: C

Q26 Which of the following two Congress leaders died in the same year?

: ! 5 P 0 G # ?

A Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Lala Lajpat Rai

c

B Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Firozshah Mehta

c 0

C Surendra Nath Bannerjee and Firozshah Mehta

2S E 0

D Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Bala Gangadhar Tilak

c

Answer Key: B

Q27

:

Who founded the revolutionary organization named 'Mitramela'?

' ' J 0 1 5 D 0 ?

A Khudiram Bose

B Chapekar Brothers

2

C Sardar Ajit Singh

D Vinayak Damodar Savarakar

=

Answer Key: D

Q28

:

Where is Khudabaksh Oriental library located?

9 NZ V 1 ?

A Bombay

B Patna

C Hyderabad

D Ahmadabad

Answer Key: B

Q29

:

Dalhousie annexed a number of states under his 'Doctrine of lapse' . What was the correct order of

annexation?

'H A' 2 dB = 5 = J I ?

A Satara, Baghat and Sambhalpur

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B Satara, Baghat, Jaitpur and Sambhalpur

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C Baghat, Satara, Jaitpur and Sambhalpur

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D Satara, Jaitpur, Sambhalpur and Baghat

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Answer Key: D

Q30

:

Who was appointed by Dalhousie as the Superitendent of Electric Telegraph Department?

D =D = [ 5 I 5 ?

A Gilespie

:1

B Martindell

)2

C O. Shanghnessy

.

D Meredith

Answer Key: C

Q31 In which of the following states was Sleemanabad Township established in the honor of Colonel Sleeman?

: 1 # 1 ! # 5 d # ?

A Jharkhand

Z

B Orissa

C Manipur

!

D Madhya Pradesh

g +

Answer Key: D

Q32

:

Where in India had the Christian missionaries established the first Printing Press?

NB # S 1= 5 ?

A Bombay

B Goa

C Pondicherry

D Surat

Answer Key: B

Q33

:

Which of the following pairs is correctly matched regarding the nationality of foreign travelers?

= hB 0 c\ 2 # ! # - ?

A John Fryer - Italy

i -

B Francois Bernier - England

i# - Y

C Nicolo Manucci - France

- i

D Duarte Barbosa - Portugal

j -

Answer Key: D

Q34

:

Given below are two statements. One is labeled as Assertion(A) and another Reason(R)

Assertion (A) : Megasthenes declared that there were no slaves in India.

Reason (R) : Slavery was legally banned in India.

Give your answer with help of the code given below.

Codes:

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() : 1 = 5 5 #

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:

A Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

() () B (), () 0 H9

B Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

() () B , 2 (), () 0 H9

C (A) is true but (R) is fals