Consider the following statements:

1. The Cabinet Mission recommended a basic framework for the Constitution of India.
2. The Cabinet Mission laid down the procedure to be followed by the Constitution-making body.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Theosophical Society allied itself to the Hindu revival from the very beginning.
2. The Theosophical Society’s activities were confined to Southern India only.
3. The Theosophical Society supported the belief in occult mysticism.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Directions: Consider the following events in respect of the Delhi Sultanate:

1. Appointment of Zafar Khan as the Governor of Gujarat.
2. Timur’s sack of Delhi
3. Rebellion of Haji Maula.
4. Foundation of Ahmedabad. Which is the correct chronological order of the above events?

Under the Delhi Suntanate, what was the job of the official called Shuhna?

Which one of the following statements cannot be attributed to Firoz Tughlaq?

Who among the following was a contemporary of Namdev?

Which of the following statements about Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya, the founder of Suharawardi Silsilah in India is not correct?

Which of the following statements about Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya, the founder of Suharawardi Silsilah in India is not correct?

Directions: Consider the following devices/practice:

1. Multi-spindle Wheels.
2. Match-lock guns.
3. Watermills and windmills.
4. Use of coal as a fuel. Which of the above were not known to the Mughals?

Siva – tattva – Chintamani, a treatise on the tenets and rites of the Lingayats was written during the reign of which one of the following?

During the reign of Iltutmish which one of the following was a silver coin in use?

Who among, the following Sultans made a land grant to the Jain saint, Jambuji?

Who was the poet saint of medieval India who rejected the values of Shatdarshan and advocated the path of nipakh?

Paumachariyam deals with which one of the following?

Which of the following groups of Nalanda scholars spread Buddhism in Tibet?

The famous kailasanatha temple at Ellora was cut in the rock on the instructions of which Rashtrakuta king?

Who wrote the Mandsore inscription?

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Which inscription mentions both Kalidasa and Bharavi by name?

Consider the following statements:

1. Senguttuvan, the son of Imayavaramban was the contemporary of Yajna Sri Satakarni.
2. The Silappadikaram given a detailed account of the exploits of Senguttuvan. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following about Iqta system in Delhi Sultanate is not correct?

Who among the following Cholas was defeated by Krishna-III of Rashtrakutas?

In the early medieval India, which one of the following places was referred to as Prabhasa Pattana?

Consider the following statements:

1. Ghaznavid coins issued in north-western India have bilingual legends written in Arabic and Sharda Scripts.
2. The literatures and chroniclers Barani and Isami were contemporaries.
3. When Mahmud of Ghazni raided Somnatha, Jayasimha Siddharaja was the Chalukya ruler of the region. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who was the author of the 11th Century text Sunya Purana?

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Who among the following authors translated the famous work, "Kitab-al-Hind" into English?

Who among the following created the post of Naib to appoint Turkish noble Aitigin?

Which one of the following departments was created by Allauddin Khalji to improve the functioning of the State Revenues?

What did the term dehliwal mean in the medieval period in India?

During whose reign was the award of the title 'khan' introduced for the nobles of the Delhi Sultanate?

Who among the following was popularly known as Lokahitavadi?

What was the immediate reason that resulted in the murder of Rand, the Chairman of the Plague Committee and Lt. Ayerst in 1898?

Consider the following statements:

1. The formal proclamation of the Swadeshi movement was made in 1905 in a conference convened by Surendranath Banerjee at Barishal
2. On the day of partition of Bengal, the famous Boycott resolution was passed by the leaders of the Swasdeshi movement in Bengal
3. Chidambaram Pillai took the Swadeshi movement to Madras Presidency. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which among the following was/were the reason(s) for decline of the Swadeshi movement by mid 1908?

Consider the following statements with reference to the extremists and moderates within the Congress during the years 1905-07;

1. The extremists wanted to extend the Swadeshi and Boycott movement from Bengal to the rest of the country.
2. The moderates wanted to gradually extend the boycott from foreign goods to every form of association or cooperation with the government. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

At the beginning of the 20th century, who among the following published “The Economic History of India”?

Consider the following statements in respect of the Indigo revolt:

1. There was a complete unity among Hindu and Muslim peasants.
2. Hem Chandra Kar was one of the prominent leaders of the rebellious ryots.
3. the rebellious ryots maintained a great organization and discipline. Which of the statements given above are correct?

In 1890, who among the following started “Indian Social Reformer”?

After the 1857 revolt, who announced at a darbar at Allahabad the assumption of the Government of India by the Sovereign of Great Britain?

Two famous leaders Sido and Kanhu of civil uprisings during india's freedom struggle belonged to which community?

Consider the following statements: Keshab Chandra Sen encouraged

1. remarriage of widows.
2. inter-caste marriage.
3. abolition of Purdah system.
4. higher university education for women. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Who founded the Paramhansa Sabha in Poona in 1840?

Who among the following played an important role for passing the Native Marriage Act of 1872?

Which one of the following statements is correct?

Which one of the following did not take place during the administration of Lord Dalhousie?

Where was the first Indian Palaeolithic artifact discovered?

Which of the following statements is not correct?

Which Harappan site has revealed an unusual plan of the city comprising three separately demarcated areas of settlements within a common fortification?

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What is the main focus of Sushruta's study?

Which one of the following statements is not correct about the Harappan civilization?

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Which hymns of the Rigveda are considered to contain the rudiments of the Indian drama?

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

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Which one of the following do phitsutras deal with?

Assertion (A):In the early years of the Indian National Congress, it was decided to rotate the Congress Session among different parts of the country. Reason (R):The very early leadership of the Congress wanted to take up the issue of social reform of different parts of the country.

Assertion (A):Prabhavati Gupt, the daughter of Chandra Gupta II married Vakataka king Rudrasena II. Reason (R):Chandra Gupta wanted help from Vakataka king against the Shakas.

Assertion (A):Abul Fazl who was a great scholar and a stylist, as well as the leading historian of his times; set a style of prose writing which was emulated for many years. Reason (R):Abul Fazl did all this to help his brother Faizi to become the leading poet of his times.

Assertion (A):The references to silk-weaving in Kashmir are found in Kalhana's Rajtarangini. Reason (R):Sericulture in Kashmir was a well-developed practice since ancient times.

Under whom among the following was the first draft of the Constitution of India prepared in October 1947 by the advisory Branch of the Office of the Constituent Assembly?

In February 1947, who among the following made the important announcement that it was His Majesty's Governments definite intention to take necessary steps to effect the transference of power to responsible Indian hands by June 1948?

With reference to the first Interim National Government, consider the following statements:

1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was designated as the Vice-President of Viceroy's Executive Council.
2. Syed Ali Zaheer and Sir Shafat Ahmed Khan joined the Viceroy's Executive Council later as the representatives of the Muslim League. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Tej Bahadur Sapru participated in drafting the Nehru Report.
2. The Nehru Report accepted the principle of separate communal electorates.
3. The Nehru Report defined the Dominion status as the form of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements :

1. The first Session of the All-India Hindu Mahasabha was held under the Presidentship of the Maharaja of Kasim Bazar.
2. The Jabalpur Session of Hindu Mahasabha in 1928 adopted resolutions calling for conversion of non-Hindus into Hinduism. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. A group of Indians headed by M.N. Roy met at Tashkent in October 1920 and set up the Communist Party of India.
2. An All-India organization under the name of the Communist Party of India was founded at Calcutta in December 1925. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

During the Indian freedom struggle in the early 20th century which one of the following set up a “Swadesh Sewak Home” in Vancouver?

Who among the following Indian leaders attended the first Session of the Round Table Conference in 1930?

For organizing which Satyagraha was Vallabhbhai Patel conferred the title of Sardar?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Bardoli Resolution of 1922 asked the peasants not to pay taxes, and the tenants not to pay rents.
2. The Akali movement for wresting the control of Gurudwaras from the corrupt Mahants was a part of the general movement of Non-cooperation. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who among the following lawyers gave up the practice of law when the Non-Cooperation Movement was launched?

In the Lucknow Session of the Congress in 1916, who among the following made a very significant proposal that the Congress should appoint a working Committee that would carry on day to day affairs of the Congress?

Consider the following statements with reference to the provisions of the Indian Councils Act of 1909 regarding the Imperial Legislative Council:

1. The Act increased the power of the members to ask question.
2. Voting on separate budget items was allowed by the Act. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

During the British Rule in India, who was the first Indian to be appointed as Law member of the Governor-General's Council?

In whose court was Heliodoros an ambassador?

During the Sangam Age, Uraiyur was the capital of which one of the following?

Who introduced the figure of Buddha with the legend “BODDO” on the gold and “SAKAMANO BODDO” on the copper coins?

Consider the following statements in respect of the Indo-China conflict of 1962:

1. In November 1962, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru solicited military aid from President Kennedy.
2. The United States of America sent ten C-130 transport planes and two squadrons of B-47 Bombers to help against China.
3. When General Thapar submitted his resignation in November 1962, the newly appointed Defence Minister proposed General J. N. Chaudhury as the new Chief of Army. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The XII Rock Edict of Asoka mentions Satavahanas.
2. According to the Jaina tradition, Simuka built both Jaina and Buddhist temples. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who among the following were first to have issued potin coins?

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Who founded the Theravada Buddhism according to the Tibetan tradition?

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Who is the only known scribe from Asokan Epigraphs?

Who was the President of the First Buddhist Council held at Rajagriha?

Which one of the following Asokan inscriptions refer to the ancient city of Isila?

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

Which two among the following scholars participated in the Buddhist Council held during the time of Kanishka?

1. Vasumitra
2. Asvaghosa
3. Upali
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Which Sutra clearly differentiates the status, occupations, obligations, duties and privileges of the four principal castes?

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The Nidanasutra in ten prapathakas belong to which one of the following?

Who among the following wrote satirical poetry during the reign of Aurangzeb?

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The first architectural achievement of Jahangir's reign in India was the construction of his father's mausoleum. Where was it built?

Consider the following statements: When Mahatma Gandhi moved the non-cooperation resolution.

1. a special session was held at Calcutta under the Presidentship of C. R. Das.
2. it was passed unanimously in the special session. Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Nizam of Hyderabad granted Northern Sarkars to the English as the Madras Government agreed to assist him against the French and the Marathas.
2. The capture of Mahe, a French settlement by the English acted as one of the most important causes for the outbreak of the second Anglo-Mysore War.
3. The immediate provocation for the Third Anglo-Mysore war lay in the attempt of Tipu Sultan to tighten his hold on the western coast. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Who among the following concluded the Treaty of Seringapatam with Tipu Sultan?

During the Anglo-Maratha wars, which one of the following was concluded last?

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

Consider the following statements in respect of the Regulating Act of 1773:

1. The tenure of the council members depended on the pleasure of the Governor-General.
2. The Governor-General-in-Council was empowered with casting vote.
3. The Governor-General-in-Council was vested with civil and military powers. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. When Warren Hastings took over as the Governor-General, he shifted the treasury to Calcutta.
2. In 1780, the manufacture of salt was directly taken up by the government.
3. The Decennial Settlement of land revenue was declared permanent in 1790.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements: In the ryotwari (land revenue) system,

1. the settlement was made with small farmers.
2. the farmers enjoyed all rights in the land subject to the payment of a fixed revenue which was collected by the village headman on behalf of the State.
3. the settlement was made and renewed for specified periods during which the ryot was not liable to be ousted from the land. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Tara Shankar Bandyopadhyaya's novel 'Ganadevata' portrays the decline of which one of the following systems?

Which one of the following regions was ruled by Mirza Haider Dughlat, the author of Tarikh-I Rashidi, as a Sultan in the medieval period?

Consider the following features associated with temples:

1. Gopuram
2. Kalyanmandapa
3. Ornamental pillars and cellings.
4. Placement of Corbel below the pillars. Which of the above features are found in the Vijayanagar temples?

In which language did Srivara compile an anthology of extracts from three hundreds and fifty works?

Who among the following brought the European mechanical clock to South India and when was it brought?

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Whose painting style was an immediate inspiration at the time of Babur's conquest of Delhi?

Consider the following statements:

1. Itimad khan, one of the nobles of Muhammad Shah-III of Gujarat invited Akbar to interfere in the affairs of Gujarat.
2. When Hakim Mirza died, the ovince of Kabul was annexed to the Mughal Empire and Man Singh was appointed as its Governor. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following statements about Marathas is not correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Lord Dalhoulie's Government passed the General Service Enlistment Act which made the sepoys to serve anywhere as required by the Government.
2. The Post Office Act passed by the Government of Lord Canning withdrew the sepoys' privilege of fee postage. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

In which language was the famous text Hamza Nama which was illustrated on an unprecedented large canvas under the orders of Akbar originally written?

Which Mughal emperor prohibited the use of tobacco?

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Which one of the following kingdoms replaced the kingdom of Kamata which declined in the fifteenth century?

Khwand Mir's Humayunnamah refers to ahl-I murad as a category of people comprising which one of the following groups?

Consider the following statements in respect of the jajmani system in India:

1. Bulk of the rural manufacturing in Maharashtra in medieval period was provided by artisan castes bound to agricultural castes by ties of client-patron relationship.
2. In Maharashtra and Gujarat, the jajmani system did not include only those kinds of work of the community artisans which were directly complimentary to agricultural production. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?