DUET 2019 MPhil PhD in History Previous Queston Papers

Delhi University Entrance Test (DUET) 2019 MPhil PhD in History Previous Queston Papers

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DU MPhil PhD in History
Topic:- DU_J19_MPHIL_HIS
Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]

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DU MPhil PhD in History
Topic:- DU_J19_MPHIL_HIS
Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had

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DU MPhil PhD in History
Topic:- DU_J19_MPHIL_HIS
Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy

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DU MPhil PhD in History
Topic:- DU_J19_MPHIL_HIS
Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi

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DU MPhil PhD in History
Topic:- DU_J19_MPHIL_HIS
Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-

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Topic:- DU_J19_MPHIL_HIS
Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]

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Topic:- DU_J19_MPHIL_HIS
Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]

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Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]

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Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]
20)
[Question ID = 14231]
1.
[Option ID = 26922]
2.
[Option ID = 26924]
3.
[Option ID = 26921]
4.
[Option ID = 26923]
Correct Answer :-

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Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]
20)
[Question ID = 14231]
1.
[Option ID = 26922]
2.
[Option ID = 26924]
3.
[Option ID = 26921]
4.
[Option ID = 26923]
Correct Answer :-
21)
22)
23)
[Option ID = 26921]
The representation of Buddha and Bodhisattava in the images was the favourite theme of
[Question ID = 14256]
1. Pallava style / [Option ID = 27024]
2. Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
3. Sanauli style / [Option ID = 27022]
4. Pradyota style / [Option ID = 27023]
Correct Answer :-
Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
The Chola king Rajaraja I initiated reorganization of empire into units known as
[Question ID = 14274]
1. Adhaka / [Option ID = 27096]
2. Sangam / [Option ID = 27094]
3. Shakah / [Option ID = 27095]
4. Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
Correct Answer :-
Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
The editor of the book The Cambridge History of South East Asia is
[Question ID = 14234]
1. Nicholas Tarling / [Option ID = 26934]
2. D S Richards / [Option ID = 26936]

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Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]
20)
[Question ID = 14231]
1.
[Option ID = 26922]
2.
[Option ID = 26924]
3.
[Option ID = 26921]
4.
[Option ID = 26923]
Correct Answer :-
21)
22)
23)
[Option ID = 26921]
The representation of Buddha and Bodhisattava in the images was the favourite theme of
[Question ID = 14256]
1. Pallava style / [Option ID = 27024]
2. Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
3. Sanauli style / [Option ID = 27022]
4. Pradyota style / [Option ID = 27023]
Correct Answer :-
Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
The Chola king Rajaraja I initiated reorganization of empire into units known as
[Question ID = 14274]
1. Adhaka / [Option ID = 27096]
2. Sangam / [Option ID = 27094]
3. Shakah / [Option ID = 27095]
4. Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
Correct Answer :-
Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
The editor of the book The Cambridge History of South East Asia is
[Question ID = 14234]
1. Nicholas Tarling / [Option ID = 26934]
2. D S Richards / [Option ID = 26936]
24)
25)
26)
3. Anupa Pande / [Option ID = 26935]
4. Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
Correct Answer :-
Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
The title Devanampiya Piyadasi was used by
[Question ID = 14255]
1. Vikramaditya / [Option ID = 27018]
2. Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
3. Ashoka / [Option ID = 27019]
4. Dadhikarna / [Option ID = 27020]
Correct Answer :-
Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
The term Vesara refers to
[Question ID = 14272]
1. A form of vedic sacrifice / [Option ID = 27086]
2. Non-Brahmadeya village / [Option ID = 27087]
3. A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
4. A style of temple architecture / [Option ID = 27088]
Correct Answer :-
A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
Hermann Kulke has discussed about the Jagannath cult in the following book
[Question ID = 14271]
1. None of the above / [Option ID = 27084]
2. Kings and Cults / [Option ID = 27082]
3. Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories / [Option ID =
27083]
4. The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]

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Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]
20)
[Question ID = 14231]
1.
[Option ID = 26922]
2.
[Option ID = 26924]
3.
[Option ID = 26921]
4.
[Option ID = 26923]
Correct Answer :-
21)
22)
23)
[Option ID = 26921]
The representation of Buddha and Bodhisattava in the images was the favourite theme of
[Question ID = 14256]
1. Pallava style / [Option ID = 27024]
2. Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
3. Sanauli style / [Option ID = 27022]
4. Pradyota style / [Option ID = 27023]
Correct Answer :-
Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
The Chola king Rajaraja I initiated reorganization of empire into units known as
[Question ID = 14274]
1. Adhaka / [Option ID = 27096]
2. Sangam / [Option ID = 27094]
3. Shakah / [Option ID = 27095]
4. Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
Correct Answer :-
Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
The editor of the book The Cambridge History of South East Asia is
[Question ID = 14234]
1. Nicholas Tarling / [Option ID = 26934]
2. D S Richards / [Option ID = 26936]
24)
25)
26)
3. Anupa Pande / [Option ID = 26935]
4. Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
Correct Answer :-
Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
The title Devanampiya Piyadasi was used by
[Question ID = 14255]
1. Vikramaditya / [Option ID = 27018]
2. Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
3. Ashoka / [Option ID = 27019]
4. Dadhikarna / [Option ID = 27020]
Correct Answer :-
Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
The term Vesara refers to
[Question ID = 14272]
1. A form of vedic sacrifice / [Option ID = 27086]
2. Non-Brahmadeya village / [Option ID = 27087]
3. A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
4. A style of temple architecture / [Option ID = 27088]
Correct Answer :-
A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
Hermann Kulke has discussed about the Jagannath cult in the following book
[Question ID = 14271]
1. None of the above / [Option ID = 27084]
2. Kings and Cults / [Option ID = 27082]
3. Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories / [Option ID =
27083]
4. The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
27)
28)
29)
Correct Answer :-
The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
The Mughal norms of governance were influenced by
[Question ID = 14250]
1. Norms of governance followed by the Abbasids / [Option ID = 27000]
2. Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
3. Akhlaqi traditions / [Option ID = 26998]
4. Wahabi literature / [Option ID = 26999]
Correct Answer :-
Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
Which scholar has focused on issues of manliness, imperial service and household in the Mughal
empire in her/his research?
[Question ID = 14249]
1. Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
2. Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 26996]
3. Parita Mukta / [Option ID = 26994]
4. Lata Mani / [Option ID = 26995]
Correct Answer :-
Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
Which scholar argued that the strong Hindu streak that characterized revolutionary activity after
1905 was inculcated by Aurobindo and Barindra Ghosh?
[Question ID = 14258]
1. K M Srivastava / [Option ID = 27030]
2. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
3. Michael Fisher / [Option ID = 27031]
4. Stephan Dale / [Option ID = 27032]

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[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]
20)
[Question ID = 14231]
1.
[Option ID = 26922]
2.
[Option ID = 26924]
3.
[Option ID = 26921]
4.
[Option ID = 26923]
Correct Answer :-
21)
22)
23)
[Option ID = 26921]
The representation of Buddha and Bodhisattava in the images was the favourite theme of
[Question ID = 14256]
1. Pallava style / [Option ID = 27024]
2. Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
3. Sanauli style / [Option ID = 27022]
4. Pradyota style / [Option ID = 27023]
Correct Answer :-
Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
The Chola king Rajaraja I initiated reorganization of empire into units known as
[Question ID = 14274]
1. Adhaka / [Option ID = 27096]
2. Sangam / [Option ID = 27094]
3. Shakah / [Option ID = 27095]
4. Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
Correct Answer :-
Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
The editor of the book The Cambridge History of South East Asia is
[Question ID = 14234]
1. Nicholas Tarling / [Option ID = 26934]
2. D S Richards / [Option ID = 26936]
24)
25)
26)
3. Anupa Pande / [Option ID = 26935]
4. Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
Correct Answer :-
Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
The title Devanampiya Piyadasi was used by
[Question ID = 14255]
1. Vikramaditya / [Option ID = 27018]
2. Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
3. Ashoka / [Option ID = 27019]
4. Dadhikarna / [Option ID = 27020]
Correct Answer :-
Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
The term Vesara refers to
[Question ID = 14272]
1. A form of vedic sacrifice / [Option ID = 27086]
2. Non-Brahmadeya village / [Option ID = 27087]
3. A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
4. A style of temple architecture / [Option ID = 27088]
Correct Answer :-
A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
Hermann Kulke has discussed about the Jagannath cult in the following book
[Question ID = 14271]
1. None of the above / [Option ID = 27084]
2. Kings and Cults / [Option ID = 27082]
3. Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories / [Option ID =
27083]
4. The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
27)
28)
29)
Correct Answer :-
The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
The Mughal norms of governance were influenced by
[Question ID = 14250]
1. Norms of governance followed by the Abbasids / [Option ID = 27000]
2. Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
3. Akhlaqi traditions / [Option ID = 26998]
4. Wahabi literature / [Option ID = 26999]
Correct Answer :-
Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
Which scholar has focused on issues of manliness, imperial service and household in the Mughal
empire in her/his research?
[Question ID = 14249]
1. Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
2. Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 26996]
3. Parita Mukta / [Option ID = 26994]
4. Lata Mani / [Option ID = 26995]
Correct Answer :-
Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
Which scholar argued that the strong Hindu streak that characterized revolutionary activity after
1905 was inculcated by Aurobindo and Barindra Ghosh?
[Question ID = 14258]
1. K M Srivastava / [Option ID = 27030]
2. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
3. Michael Fisher / [Option ID = 27031]
4. Stephan Dale / [Option ID = 27032]
30)
31)
32)
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
For Michel Foucault power is:
(I) Not a thing but a relation
(II) Property of the state
(III) Omnipresent at every level of social body
(IV) Not simply repressive but productive
[Question ID = 14233]
1. I, II and III / [Option ID = 26930]
2. I, II, III and IV / [Option ID = 26931]
3. I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26932]
Correct Answer :-
I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
Y. Subbarayalu divides Chola political history into:
[Question ID = 14254]
1. Three periods / [Option ID = 27014]
2. Four periods / [Option ID = 27015]
3. Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
4. Five periods / [Option ID = 27016]
Correct Answer :-
Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani was the
[Question ID = 14246]
1. Both of the above / [Option ID = 26983]

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[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]
20)
[Question ID = 14231]
1.
[Option ID = 26922]
2.
[Option ID = 26924]
3.
[Option ID = 26921]
4.
[Option ID = 26923]
Correct Answer :-
21)
22)
23)
[Option ID = 26921]
The representation of Buddha and Bodhisattava in the images was the favourite theme of
[Question ID = 14256]
1. Pallava style / [Option ID = 27024]
2. Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
3. Sanauli style / [Option ID = 27022]
4. Pradyota style / [Option ID = 27023]
Correct Answer :-
Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
The Chola king Rajaraja I initiated reorganization of empire into units known as
[Question ID = 14274]
1. Adhaka / [Option ID = 27096]
2. Sangam / [Option ID = 27094]
3. Shakah / [Option ID = 27095]
4. Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
Correct Answer :-
Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
The editor of the book The Cambridge History of South East Asia is
[Question ID = 14234]
1. Nicholas Tarling / [Option ID = 26934]
2. D S Richards / [Option ID = 26936]
24)
25)
26)
3. Anupa Pande / [Option ID = 26935]
4. Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
Correct Answer :-
Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
The title Devanampiya Piyadasi was used by
[Question ID = 14255]
1. Vikramaditya / [Option ID = 27018]
2. Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
3. Ashoka / [Option ID = 27019]
4. Dadhikarna / [Option ID = 27020]
Correct Answer :-
Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
The term Vesara refers to
[Question ID = 14272]
1. A form of vedic sacrifice / [Option ID = 27086]
2. Non-Brahmadeya village / [Option ID = 27087]
3. A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
4. A style of temple architecture / [Option ID = 27088]
Correct Answer :-
A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
Hermann Kulke has discussed about the Jagannath cult in the following book
[Question ID = 14271]
1. None of the above / [Option ID = 27084]
2. Kings and Cults / [Option ID = 27082]
3. Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories / [Option ID =
27083]
4. The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
27)
28)
29)
Correct Answer :-
The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
The Mughal norms of governance were influenced by
[Question ID = 14250]
1. Norms of governance followed by the Abbasids / [Option ID = 27000]
2. Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
3. Akhlaqi traditions / [Option ID = 26998]
4. Wahabi literature / [Option ID = 26999]
Correct Answer :-
Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
Which scholar has focused on issues of manliness, imperial service and household in the Mughal
empire in her/his research?
[Question ID = 14249]
1. Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
2. Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 26996]
3. Parita Mukta / [Option ID = 26994]
4. Lata Mani / [Option ID = 26995]
Correct Answer :-
Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
Which scholar argued that the strong Hindu streak that characterized revolutionary activity after
1905 was inculcated by Aurobindo and Barindra Ghosh?
[Question ID = 14258]
1. K M Srivastava / [Option ID = 27030]
2. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
3. Michael Fisher / [Option ID = 27031]
4. Stephan Dale / [Option ID = 27032]
30)
31)
32)
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
For Michel Foucault power is:
(I) Not a thing but a relation
(II) Property of the state
(III) Omnipresent at every level of social body
(IV) Not simply repressive but productive
[Question ID = 14233]
1. I, II and III / [Option ID = 26930]
2. I, II, III and IV / [Option ID = 26931]
3. I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26932]
Correct Answer :-
I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
Y. Subbarayalu divides Chola political history into:
[Question ID = 14254]
1. Three periods / [Option ID = 27014]
2. Four periods / [Option ID = 27015]
3. Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
4. Five periods / [Option ID = 27016]
Correct Answer :-
Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani was the
[Question ID = 14246]
1. Both of the above / [Option ID = 26983]
33)
34)
35)
2. Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
3. Jurist in Iltutmish?s court / [Option ID = 26982]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26984]
Correct Answer :-
Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
Who is the author of the book Mughal Administration in Golkunda?
[Question ID = 14248]
1. John F. Richards / [Option ID = 26992]
2. Seema Alavi / [Option ID = 26990]
3. Jos Gommans / [Option ID = 26991]
4. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Correct Answer :-
Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Which of these books was authored by Patricia Crone?
[Question ID = 14237]
1. The Assassins / [Option ID = 26948]
2. Slaves on Horses / [Option ID = 26946]
3. Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
4. Venture of Islam / [Option ID = 26947]
Correct Answer :-
Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
Which of the following scholars has discussed the representation of nature in early Buddhist
sculpture?
[Question ID = 14270]
1. Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
2. B B Mukherjee / [Option ID = 27079]
3. A Southall / [Option ID = 27080]
4. Stella Kramrisch / [Option ID = 27078]

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Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]
20)
[Question ID = 14231]
1.
[Option ID = 26922]
2.
[Option ID = 26924]
3.
[Option ID = 26921]
4.
[Option ID = 26923]
Correct Answer :-
21)
22)
23)
[Option ID = 26921]
The representation of Buddha and Bodhisattava in the images was the favourite theme of
[Question ID = 14256]
1. Pallava style / [Option ID = 27024]
2. Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
3. Sanauli style / [Option ID = 27022]
4. Pradyota style / [Option ID = 27023]
Correct Answer :-
Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
The Chola king Rajaraja I initiated reorganization of empire into units known as
[Question ID = 14274]
1. Adhaka / [Option ID = 27096]
2. Sangam / [Option ID = 27094]
3. Shakah / [Option ID = 27095]
4. Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
Correct Answer :-
Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
The editor of the book The Cambridge History of South East Asia is
[Question ID = 14234]
1. Nicholas Tarling / [Option ID = 26934]
2. D S Richards / [Option ID = 26936]
24)
25)
26)
3. Anupa Pande / [Option ID = 26935]
4. Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
Correct Answer :-
Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
The title Devanampiya Piyadasi was used by
[Question ID = 14255]
1. Vikramaditya / [Option ID = 27018]
2. Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
3. Ashoka / [Option ID = 27019]
4. Dadhikarna / [Option ID = 27020]
Correct Answer :-
Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
The term Vesara refers to
[Question ID = 14272]
1. A form of vedic sacrifice / [Option ID = 27086]
2. Non-Brahmadeya village / [Option ID = 27087]
3. A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
4. A style of temple architecture / [Option ID = 27088]
Correct Answer :-
A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
Hermann Kulke has discussed about the Jagannath cult in the following book
[Question ID = 14271]
1. None of the above / [Option ID = 27084]
2. Kings and Cults / [Option ID = 27082]
3. Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories / [Option ID =
27083]
4. The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
27)
28)
29)
Correct Answer :-
The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
The Mughal norms of governance were influenced by
[Question ID = 14250]
1. Norms of governance followed by the Abbasids / [Option ID = 27000]
2. Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
3. Akhlaqi traditions / [Option ID = 26998]
4. Wahabi literature / [Option ID = 26999]
Correct Answer :-
Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
Which scholar has focused on issues of manliness, imperial service and household in the Mughal
empire in her/his research?
[Question ID = 14249]
1. Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
2. Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 26996]
3. Parita Mukta / [Option ID = 26994]
4. Lata Mani / [Option ID = 26995]
Correct Answer :-
Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
Which scholar argued that the strong Hindu streak that characterized revolutionary activity after
1905 was inculcated by Aurobindo and Barindra Ghosh?
[Question ID = 14258]
1. K M Srivastava / [Option ID = 27030]
2. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
3. Michael Fisher / [Option ID = 27031]
4. Stephan Dale / [Option ID = 27032]
30)
31)
32)
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
For Michel Foucault power is:
(I) Not a thing but a relation
(II) Property of the state
(III) Omnipresent at every level of social body
(IV) Not simply repressive but productive
[Question ID = 14233]
1. I, II and III / [Option ID = 26930]
2. I, II, III and IV / [Option ID = 26931]
3. I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26932]
Correct Answer :-
I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
Y. Subbarayalu divides Chola political history into:
[Question ID = 14254]
1. Three periods / [Option ID = 27014]
2. Four periods / [Option ID = 27015]
3. Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
4. Five periods / [Option ID = 27016]
Correct Answer :-
Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani was the
[Question ID = 14246]
1. Both of the above / [Option ID = 26983]
33)
34)
35)
2. Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
3. Jurist in Iltutmish?s court / [Option ID = 26982]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26984]
Correct Answer :-
Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
Who is the author of the book Mughal Administration in Golkunda?
[Question ID = 14248]
1. John F. Richards / [Option ID = 26992]
2. Seema Alavi / [Option ID = 26990]
3. Jos Gommans / [Option ID = 26991]
4. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Correct Answer :-
Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Which of these books was authored by Patricia Crone?
[Question ID = 14237]
1. The Assassins / [Option ID = 26948]
2. Slaves on Horses / [Option ID = 26946]
3. Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
4. Venture of Islam / [Option ID = 26947]
Correct Answer :-
Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
Which of the following scholars has discussed the representation of nature in early Buddhist
sculpture?
[Question ID = 14270]
1. Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
2. B B Mukherjee / [Option ID = 27079]
3. A Southall / [Option ID = 27080]
4. Stella Kramrisch / [Option ID = 27078]
36)
37)
38)
Correct Answer :-
Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
Which of the following is not a scientific technique used in archaeology for studying about the
lives of the past communities?
[Question ID = 14253]
1. Aramaic dating / [Option ID = 27012]
2. Fission-track dating / [Option ID = 27011]
3. Potassium-Argon dating / [Option ID = 27010]
4. Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]
Correct Answer :-
Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]
Which of the following work cast new light on the issue of princely rebellions in the Mughal
Empire?
[Question ID = 14230]
1. Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire
[Option ID = 26917]
2. J. Gommans, Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers
[Option ID = 26920]
3. I. A. Khan, Gunpowder and Firearms
[Option ID = 26919]
4. Munis Faruqui, The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504?1719
[Option ID = 26918]
Correct Answer :-
Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire
[Option ID = 26917]
Which of the following were the major schools of thought that influenced colonial educational
policy until the 1850s?
[Question ID = 14263]
1. Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]

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Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]
20)
[Question ID = 14231]
1.
[Option ID = 26922]
2.
[Option ID = 26924]
3.
[Option ID = 26921]
4.
[Option ID = 26923]
Correct Answer :-
21)
22)
23)
[Option ID = 26921]
The representation of Buddha and Bodhisattava in the images was the favourite theme of
[Question ID = 14256]
1. Pallava style / [Option ID = 27024]
2. Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
3. Sanauli style / [Option ID = 27022]
4. Pradyota style / [Option ID = 27023]
Correct Answer :-
Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
The Chola king Rajaraja I initiated reorganization of empire into units known as
[Question ID = 14274]
1. Adhaka / [Option ID = 27096]
2. Sangam / [Option ID = 27094]
3. Shakah / [Option ID = 27095]
4. Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
Correct Answer :-
Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
The editor of the book The Cambridge History of South East Asia is
[Question ID = 14234]
1. Nicholas Tarling / [Option ID = 26934]
2. D S Richards / [Option ID = 26936]
24)
25)
26)
3. Anupa Pande / [Option ID = 26935]
4. Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
Correct Answer :-
Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
The title Devanampiya Piyadasi was used by
[Question ID = 14255]
1. Vikramaditya / [Option ID = 27018]
2. Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
3. Ashoka / [Option ID = 27019]
4. Dadhikarna / [Option ID = 27020]
Correct Answer :-
Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
The term Vesara refers to
[Question ID = 14272]
1. A form of vedic sacrifice / [Option ID = 27086]
2. Non-Brahmadeya village / [Option ID = 27087]
3. A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
4. A style of temple architecture / [Option ID = 27088]
Correct Answer :-
A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
Hermann Kulke has discussed about the Jagannath cult in the following book
[Question ID = 14271]
1. None of the above / [Option ID = 27084]
2. Kings and Cults / [Option ID = 27082]
3. Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories / [Option ID =
27083]
4. The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
27)
28)
29)
Correct Answer :-
The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
The Mughal norms of governance were influenced by
[Question ID = 14250]
1. Norms of governance followed by the Abbasids / [Option ID = 27000]
2. Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
3. Akhlaqi traditions / [Option ID = 26998]
4. Wahabi literature / [Option ID = 26999]
Correct Answer :-
Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
Which scholar has focused on issues of manliness, imperial service and household in the Mughal
empire in her/his research?
[Question ID = 14249]
1. Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
2. Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 26996]
3. Parita Mukta / [Option ID = 26994]
4. Lata Mani / [Option ID = 26995]
Correct Answer :-
Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
Which scholar argued that the strong Hindu streak that characterized revolutionary activity after
1905 was inculcated by Aurobindo and Barindra Ghosh?
[Question ID = 14258]
1. K M Srivastava / [Option ID = 27030]
2. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
3. Michael Fisher / [Option ID = 27031]
4. Stephan Dale / [Option ID = 27032]
30)
31)
32)
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
For Michel Foucault power is:
(I) Not a thing but a relation
(II) Property of the state
(III) Omnipresent at every level of social body
(IV) Not simply repressive but productive
[Question ID = 14233]
1. I, II and III / [Option ID = 26930]
2. I, II, III and IV / [Option ID = 26931]
3. I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26932]
Correct Answer :-
I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
Y. Subbarayalu divides Chola political history into:
[Question ID = 14254]
1. Three periods / [Option ID = 27014]
2. Four periods / [Option ID = 27015]
3. Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
4. Five periods / [Option ID = 27016]
Correct Answer :-
Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani was the
[Question ID = 14246]
1. Both of the above / [Option ID = 26983]
33)
34)
35)
2. Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
3. Jurist in Iltutmish?s court / [Option ID = 26982]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26984]
Correct Answer :-
Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
Who is the author of the book Mughal Administration in Golkunda?
[Question ID = 14248]
1. John F. Richards / [Option ID = 26992]
2. Seema Alavi / [Option ID = 26990]
3. Jos Gommans / [Option ID = 26991]
4. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Correct Answer :-
Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Which of these books was authored by Patricia Crone?
[Question ID = 14237]
1. The Assassins / [Option ID = 26948]
2. Slaves on Horses / [Option ID = 26946]
3. Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
4. Venture of Islam / [Option ID = 26947]
Correct Answer :-
Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
Which of the following scholars has discussed the representation of nature in early Buddhist
sculpture?
[Question ID = 14270]
1. Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
2. B B Mukherjee / [Option ID = 27079]
3. A Southall / [Option ID = 27080]
4. Stella Kramrisch / [Option ID = 27078]
36)
37)
38)
Correct Answer :-
Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
Which of the following is not a scientific technique used in archaeology for studying about the
lives of the past communities?
[Question ID = 14253]
1. Aramaic dating / [Option ID = 27012]
2. Fission-track dating / [Option ID = 27011]
3. Potassium-Argon dating / [Option ID = 27010]
4. Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]
Correct Answer :-
Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]
Which of the following work cast new light on the issue of princely rebellions in the Mughal
Empire?
[Question ID = 14230]
1. Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire
[Option ID = 26917]
2. J. Gommans, Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers
[Option ID = 26920]
3. I. A. Khan, Gunpowder and Firearms
[Option ID = 26919]
4. Munis Faruqui, The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504?1719
[Option ID = 26918]
Correct Answer :-
Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire
[Option ID = 26917]
Which of the following were the major schools of thought that influenced colonial educational
policy until the 1850s?
[Question ID = 14263]
1. Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]
39)
40)
41)
2. All of the above / [Option ID = 27052]
3. Anglicists / [Option ID = 27051]
4. Evangelists / [Option ID = 27050]
Correct Answer :-
Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]
Which of the following issues are not discussed by Muzaffar Alam in his research papers?
[Question ID = 14268]
1. Abd al-Rahman Chishti?s attitude towards Sufism
[Option ID = 27070]
2. Agrarian uprisings and prosperity in North India in the early eighteenth century
[Option ID = 27071]
3. Land Revenue system of the Mughals in the late sixteenth century
[Option ID = 27072]
4. Study of Political culture of Mughals
[Option ID = 27069]
Correct Answer :-
Study of Political culture of Mughals
[Option ID = 27069]
Which of the following arguments can be attributed to the anthropologist and historian, Bernard
Cohn?
[Question ID = 14259]
1. British rule was a continuation of pre-colonial practices
[Option ID = 27033]
2. Colonialism was made possible through the help of Indian intermediaries
[Option ID = 27034]
3. Colonialism was a form of cultural conquest
[Option ID = 27035]
4. Colonial rule in India was weak and fragmented
[Option ID = 27036]
Correct Answer :-
British rule was a continuation of pre-colonial practices
[Option ID = 27033]
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Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]
20)
[Question ID = 14231]
1.
[Option ID = 26922]
2.
[Option ID = 26924]
3.
[Option ID = 26921]
4.
[Option ID = 26923]
Correct Answer :-
21)
22)
23)
[Option ID = 26921]
The representation of Buddha and Bodhisattava in the images was the favourite theme of
[Question ID = 14256]
1. Pallava style / [Option ID = 27024]
2. Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
3. Sanauli style / [Option ID = 27022]
4. Pradyota style / [Option ID = 27023]
Correct Answer :-
Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
The Chola king Rajaraja I initiated reorganization of empire into units known as
[Question ID = 14274]
1. Adhaka / [Option ID = 27096]
2. Sangam / [Option ID = 27094]
3. Shakah / [Option ID = 27095]
4. Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
Correct Answer :-
Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
The editor of the book The Cambridge History of South East Asia is
[Question ID = 14234]
1. Nicholas Tarling / [Option ID = 26934]
2. D S Richards / [Option ID = 26936]
24)
25)
26)
3. Anupa Pande / [Option ID = 26935]
4. Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
Correct Answer :-
Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
The title Devanampiya Piyadasi was used by
[Question ID = 14255]
1. Vikramaditya / [Option ID = 27018]
2. Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
3. Ashoka / [Option ID = 27019]
4. Dadhikarna / [Option ID = 27020]
Correct Answer :-
Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
The term Vesara refers to
[Question ID = 14272]
1. A form of vedic sacrifice / [Option ID = 27086]
2. Non-Brahmadeya village / [Option ID = 27087]
3. A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
4. A style of temple architecture / [Option ID = 27088]
Correct Answer :-
A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
Hermann Kulke has discussed about the Jagannath cult in the following book
[Question ID = 14271]
1. None of the above / [Option ID = 27084]
2. Kings and Cults / [Option ID = 27082]
3. Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories / [Option ID =
27083]
4. The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
27)
28)
29)
Correct Answer :-
The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
The Mughal norms of governance were influenced by
[Question ID = 14250]
1. Norms of governance followed by the Abbasids / [Option ID = 27000]
2. Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
3. Akhlaqi traditions / [Option ID = 26998]
4. Wahabi literature / [Option ID = 26999]
Correct Answer :-
Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
Which scholar has focused on issues of manliness, imperial service and household in the Mughal
empire in her/his research?
[Question ID = 14249]
1. Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
2. Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 26996]
3. Parita Mukta / [Option ID = 26994]
4. Lata Mani / [Option ID = 26995]
Correct Answer :-
Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
Which scholar argued that the strong Hindu streak that characterized revolutionary activity after
1905 was inculcated by Aurobindo and Barindra Ghosh?
[Question ID = 14258]
1. K M Srivastava / [Option ID = 27030]
2. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
3. Michael Fisher / [Option ID = 27031]
4. Stephan Dale / [Option ID = 27032]
30)
31)
32)
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
For Michel Foucault power is:
(I) Not a thing but a relation
(II) Property of the state
(III) Omnipresent at every level of social body
(IV) Not simply repressive but productive
[Question ID = 14233]
1. I, II and III / [Option ID = 26930]
2. I, II, III and IV / [Option ID = 26931]
3. I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26932]
Correct Answer :-
I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
Y. Subbarayalu divides Chola political history into:
[Question ID = 14254]
1. Three periods / [Option ID = 27014]
2. Four periods / [Option ID = 27015]
3. Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
4. Five periods / [Option ID = 27016]
Correct Answer :-
Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani was the
[Question ID = 14246]
1. Both of the above / [Option ID = 26983]
33)
34)
35)
2. Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
3. Jurist in Iltutmish?s court / [Option ID = 26982]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26984]
Correct Answer :-
Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
Who is the author of the book Mughal Administration in Golkunda?
[Question ID = 14248]
1. John F. Richards / [Option ID = 26992]
2. Seema Alavi / [Option ID = 26990]
3. Jos Gommans / [Option ID = 26991]
4. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Correct Answer :-
Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Which of these books was authored by Patricia Crone?
[Question ID = 14237]
1. The Assassins / [Option ID = 26948]
2. Slaves on Horses / [Option ID = 26946]
3. Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
4. Venture of Islam / [Option ID = 26947]
Correct Answer :-
Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
Which of the following scholars has discussed the representation of nature in early Buddhist
sculpture?
[Question ID = 14270]
1. Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
2. B B Mukherjee / [Option ID = 27079]
3. A Southall / [Option ID = 27080]
4. Stella Kramrisch / [Option ID = 27078]
36)
37)
38)
Correct Answer :-
Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
Which of the following is not a scientific technique used in archaeology for studying about the
lives of the past communities?
[Question ID = 14253]
1. Aramaic dating / [Option ID = 27012]
2. Fission-track dating / [Option ID = 27011]
3. Potassium-Argon dating / [Option ID = 27010]
4. Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]
Correct Answer :-
Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]
Which of the following work cast new light on the issue of princely rebellions in the Mughal
Empire?
[Question ID = 14230]
1. Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire
[Option ID = 26917]
2. J. Gommans, Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers
[Option ID = 26920]
3. I. A. Khan, Gunpowder and Firearms
[Option ID = 26919]
4. Munis Faruqui, The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504?1719
[Option ID = 26918]
Correct Answer :-
Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire
[Option ID = 26917]
Which of the following were the major schools of thought that influenced colonial educational
policy until the 1850s?
[Question ID = 14263]
1. Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]
39)
40)
41)
2. All of the above / [Option ID = 27052]
3. Anglicists / [Option ID = 27051]
4. Evangelists / [Option ID = 27050]
Correct Answer :-
Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]
Which of the following issues are not discussed by Muzaffar Alam in his research papers?
[Question ID = 14268]
1. Abd al-Rahman Chishti?s attitude towards Sufism
[Option ID = 27070]
2. Agrarian uprisings and prosperity in North India in the early eighteenth century
[Option ID = 27071]
3. Land Revenue system of the Mughals in the late sixteenth century
[Option ID = 27072]
4. Study of Political culture of Mughals
[Option ID = 27069]
Correct Answer :-
Study of Political culture of Mughals
[Option ID = 27069]
Which of the following arguments can be attributed to the anthropologist and historian, Bernard
Cohn?
[Question ID = 14259]
1. British rule was a continuation of pre-colonial practices
[Option ID = 27033]
2. Colonialism was made possible through the help of Indian intermediaries
[Option ID = 27034]
3. Colonialism was a form of cultural conquest
[Option ID = 27035]
4. Colonial rule in India was weak and fragmented
[Option ID = 27036]
Correct Answer :-
British rule was a continuation of pre-colonial practices
[Option ID = 27033]
The book Customs in Common was written by
42)
43)
44)
[Question ID = 14229]
1. E P Thomson / [Option ID = 26914]
2. John Seyller / [Option ID = 26916]
3. W H Moreland / [Option ID = 26915]
4. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 26913]
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 26913]
The book This Fissured Land deals with
[Question ID = 14239]
1. History of Indian overland trade / [Option ID = 26954]
2. Political history of the North-eastern states of India /
[Option ID = 26956]
3. Ecological history of South Asia / [Option ID = 26953]
4. Military history of South east Asia / [Option ID = 26955]
Correct Answer :-
Ecological history of South Asia / [Option ID = 26953]
The Anguttara Nikaya, Vinaya Pitaka and Samyutta Nikaya constitute the
[Question ID = 14257]
1. Prashasti / [Option ID = 27027]
2. All of the above / [Option ID = 27028]
3. Buddhist literature / [Option ID = 27026]
4. Sangam literature / [Option ID = 27025]
Correct Answer :-
Sangam literature / [Option ID = 27025]
The idea of Zollverein represented the following

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[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]
20)
[Question ID = 14231]
1.
[Option ID = 26922]
2.
[Option ID = 26924]
3.
[Option ID = 26921]
4.
[Option ID = 26923]
Correct Answer :-
21)
22)
23)
[Option ID = 26921]
The representation of Buddha and Bodhisattava in the images was the favourite theme of
[Question ID = 14256]
1. Pallava style / [Option ID = 27024]
2. Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
3. Sanauli style / [Option ID = 27022]
4. Pradyota style / [Option ID = 27023]
Correct Answer :-
Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
The Chola king Rajaraja I initiated reorganization of empire into units known as
[Question ID = 14274]
1. Adhaka / [Option ID = 27096]
2. Sangam / [Option ID = 27094]
3. Shakah / [Option ID = 27095]
4. Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
Correct Answer :-
Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
The editor of the book The Cambridge History of South East Asia is
[Question ID = 14234]
1. Nicholas Tarling / [Option ID = 26934]
2. D S Richards / [Option ID = 26936]
24)
25)
26)
3. Anupa Pande / [Option ID = 26935]
4. Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
Correct Answer :-
Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
The title Devanampiya Piyadasi was used by
[Question ID = 14255]
1. Vikramaditya / [Option ID = 27018]
2. Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
3. Ashoka / [Option ID = 27019]
4. Dadhikarna / [Option ID = 27020]
Correct Answer :-
Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
The term Vesara refers to
[Question ID = 14272]
1. A form of vedic sacrifice / [Option ID = 27086]
2. Non-Brahmadeya village / [Option ID = 27087]
3. A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
4. A style of temple architecture / [Option ID = 27088]
Correct Answer :-
A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
Hermann Kulke has discussed about the Jagannath cult in the following book
[Question ID = 14271]
1. None of the above / [Option ID = 27084]
2. Kings and Cults / [Option ID = 27082]
3. Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories / [Option ID =
27083]
4. The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
27)
28)
29)
Correct Answer :-
The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
The Mughal norms of governance were influenced by
[Question ID = 14250]
1. Norms of governance followed by the Abbasids / [Option ID = 27000]
2. Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
3. Akhlaqi traditions / [Option ID = 26998]
4. Wahabi literature / [Option ID = 26999]
Correct Answer :-
Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
Which scholar has focused on issues of manliness, imperial service and household in the Mughal
empire in her/his research?
[Question ID = 14249]
1. Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
2. Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 26996]
3. Parita Mukta / [Option ID = 26994]
4. Lata Mani / [Option ID = 26995]
Correct Answer :-
Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
Which scholar argued that the strong Hindu streak that characterized revolutionary activity after
1905 was inculcated by Aurobindo and Barindra Ghosh?
[Question ID = 14258]
1. K M Srivastava / [Option ID = 27030]
2. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
3. Michael Fisher / [Option ID = 27031]
4. Stephan Dale / [Option ID = 27032]
30)
31)
32)
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
For Michel Foucault power is:
(I) Not a thing but a relation
(II) Property of the state
(III) Omnipresent at every level of social body
(IV) Not simply repressive but productive
[Question ID = 14233]
1. I, II and III / [Option ID = 26930]
2. I, II, III and IV / [Option ID = 26931]
3. I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26932]
Correct Answer :-
I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
Y. Subbarayalu divides Chola political history into:
[Question ID = 14254]
1. Three periods / [Option ID = 27014]
2. Four periods / [Option ID = 27015]
3. Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
4. Five periods / [Option ID = 27016]
Correct Answer :-
Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani was the
[Question ID = 14246]
1. Both of the above / [Option ID = 26983]
33)
34)
35)
2. Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
3. Jurist in Iltutmish?s court / [Option ID = 26982]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26984]
Correct Answer :-
Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
Who is the author of the book Mughal Administration in Golkunda?
[Question ID = 14248]
1. John F. Richards / [Option ID = 26992]
2. Seema Alavi / [Option ID = 26990]
3. Jos Gommans / [Option ID = 26991]
4. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Correct Answer :-
Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Which of these books was authored by Patricia Crone?
[Question ID = 14237]
1. The Assassins / [Option ID = 26948]
2. Slaves on Horses / [Option ID = 26946]
3. Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
4. Venture of Islam / [Option ID = 26947]
Correct Answer :-
Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
Which of the following scholars has discussed the representation of nature in early Buddhist
sculpture?
[Question ID = 14270]
1. Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
2. B B Mukherjee / [Option ID = 27079]
3. A Southall / [Option ID = 27080]
4. Stella Kramrisch / [Option ID = 27078]
36)
37)
38)
Correct Answer :-
Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
Which of the following is not a scientific technique used in archaeology for studying about the
lives of the past communities?
[Question ID = 14253]
1. Aramaic dating / [Option ID = 27012]
2. Fission-track dating / [Option ID = 27011]
3. Potassium-Argon dating / [Option ID = 27010]
4. Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]
Correct Answer :-
Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]
Which of the following work cast new light on the issue of princely rebellions in the Mughal
Empire?
[Question ID = 14230]
1. Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire
[Option ID = 26917]
2. J. Gommans, Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers
[Option ID = 26920]
3. I. A. Khan, Gunpowder and Firearms
[Option ID = 26919]
4. Munis Faruqui, The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504?1719
[Option ID = 26918]
Correct Answer :-
Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire
[Option ID = 26917]
Which of the following were the major schools of thought that influenced colonial educational
policy until the 1850s?
[Question ID = 14263]
1. Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]
39)
40)
41)
2. All of the above / [Option ID = 27052]
3. Anglicists / [Option ID = 27051]
4. Evangelists / [Option ID = 27050]
Correct Answer :-
Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]
Which of the following issues are not discussed by Muzaffar Alam in his research papers?
[Question ID = 14268]
1. Abd al-Rahman Chishti?s attitude towards Sufism
[Option ID = 27070]
2. Agrarian uprisings and prosperity in North India in the early eighteenth century
[Option ID = 27071]
3. Land Revenue system of the Mughals in the late sixteenth century
[Option ID = 27072]
4. Study of Political culture of Mughals
[Option ID = 27069]
Correct Answer :-
Study of Political culture of Mughals
[Option ID = 27069]
Which of the following arguments can be attributed to the anthropologist and historian, Bernard
Cohn?
[Question ID = 14259]
1. British rule was a continuation of pre-colonial practices
[Option ID = 27033]
2. Colonialism was made possible through the help of Indian intermediaries
[Option ID = 27034]
3. Colonialism was a form of cultural conquest
[Option ID = 27035]
4. Colonial rule in India was weak and fragmented
[Option ID = 27036]
Correct Answer :-
British rule was a continuation of pre-colonial practices
[Option ID = 27033]
The book Customs in Common was written by
42)
43)
44)
[Question ID = 14229]
1. E P Thomson / [Option ID = 26914]
2. John Seyller / [Option ID = 26916]
3. W H Moreland / [Option ID = 26915]
4. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 26913]
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 26913]
The book This Fissured Land deals with
[Question ID = 14239]
1. History of Indian overland trade / [Option ID = 26954]
2. Political history of the North-eastern states of India /
[Option ID = 26956]
3. Ecological history of South Asia / [Option ID = 26953]
4. Military history of South east Asia / [Option ID = 26955]
Correct Answer :-
Ecological history of South Asia / [Option ID = 26953]
The Anguttara Nikaya, Vinaya Pitaka and Samyutta Nikaya constitute the
[Question ID = 14257]
1. Prashasti / [Option ID = 27027]
2. All of the above / [Option ID = 27028]
3. Buddhist literature / [Option ID = 27026]
4. Sangam literature / [Option ID = 27025]
Correct Answer :-
Sangam literature / [Option ID = 27025]
The idea of Zollverein represented the following
45)
46)
[Question ID = 14228]
1. Bismark?s political philosophy / [Option ID = 26911]
2. Political unification of Italy / [Option ID = 26909]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 26912]
4. Customs union of German states / [Option ID = 26910]
Correct Answer :-
Political unification of Italy / [Option ID = 26909]
The concept of ?Drain of wealth? was discussed by
[Question ID = 14262]
1. Francis Robinson in his book Separatism among Indian Muslims
[Option ID = 27047]
2. Peter Hardy in his book Muslims of British India
[Option ID = 27046]
3. N A Siddiqui in Land Revenue Administration in Colonial India
[Option ID = 27048]
4. R C Dutt in his book Economic History of India
[Option ID = 27045]
Correct Answer :-
R C Dutt in his book Economic History of India
[Option ID = 27045]
The phrase ?bullion for goods? in the economic history of the 18th century was used by:
[Question ID = 14264]
1. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27053]
2. None of the above / [Option ID = 27056]
3. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 27055]
4. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 27054]
Correct Answer :-
Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27053]

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[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]
20)
[Question ID = 14231]
1.
[Option ID = 26922]
2.
[Option ID = 26924]
3.
[Option ID = 26921]
4.
[Option ID = 26923]
Correct Answer :-
21)
22)
23)
[Option ID = 26921]
The representation of Buddha and Bodhisattava in the images was the favourite theme of
[Question ID = 14256]
1. Pallava style / [Option ID = 27024]
2. Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
3. Sanauli style / [Option ID = 27022]
4. Pradyota style / [Option ID = 27023]
Correct Answer :-
Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
The Chola king Rajaraja I initiated reorganization of empire into units known as
[Question ID = 14274]
1. Adhaka / [Option ID = 27096]
2. Sangam / [Option ID = 27094]
3. Shakah / [Option ID = 27095]
4. Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
Correct Answer :-
Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
The editor of the book The Cambridge History of South East Asia is
[Question ID = 14234]
1. Nicholas Tarling / [Option ID = 26934]
2. D S Richards / [Option ID = 26936]
24)
25)
26)
3. Anupa Pande / [Option ID = 26935]
4. Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
Correct Answer :-
Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
The title Devanampiya Piyadasi was used by
[Question ID = 14255]
1. Vikramaditya / [Option ID = 27018]
2. Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
3. Ashoka / [Option ID = 27019]
4. Dadhikarna / [Option ID = 27020]
Correct Answer :-
Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
The term Vesara refers to
[Question ID = 14272]
1. A form of vedic sacrifice / [Option ID = 27086]
2. Non-Brahmadeya village / [Option ID = 27087]
3. A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
4. A style of temple architecture / [Option ID = 27088]
Correct Answer :-
A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
Hermann Kulke has discussed about the Jagannath cult in the following book
[Question ID = 14271]
1. None of the above / [Option ID = 27084]
2. Kings and Cults / [Option ID = 27082]
3. Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories / [Option ID =
27083]
4. The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
27)
28)
29)
Correct Answer :-
The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
The Mughal norms of governance were influenced by
[Question ID = 14250]
1. Norms of governance followed by the Abbasids / [Option ID = 27000]
2. Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
3. Akhlaqi traditions / [Option ID = 26998]
4. Wahabi literature / [Option ID = 26999]
Correct Answer :-
Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
Which scholar has focused on issues of manliness, imperial service and household in the Mughal
empire in her/his research?
[Question ID = 14249]
1. Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
2. Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 26996]
3. Parita Mukta / [Option ID = 26994]
4. Lata Mani / [Option ID = 26995]
Correct Answer :-
Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
Which scholar argued that the strong Hindu streak that characterized revolutionary activity after
1905 was inculcated by Aurobindo and Barindra Ghosh?
[Question ID = 14258]
1. K M Srivastava / [Option ID = 27030]
2. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
3. Michael Fisher / [Option ID = 27031]
4. Stephan Dale / [Option ID = 27032]
30)
31)
32)
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
For Michel Foucault power is:
(I) Not a thing but a relation
(II) Property of the state
(III) Omnipresent at every level of social body
(IV) Not simply repressive but productive
[Question ID = 14233]
1. I, II and III / [Option ID = 26930]
2. I, II, III and IV / [Option ID = 26931]
3. I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26932]
Correct Answer :-
I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
Y. Subbarayalu divides Chola political history into:
[Question ID = 14254]
1. Three periods / [Option ID = 27014]
2. Four periods / [Option ID = 27015]
3. Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
4. Five periods / [Option ID = 27016]
Correct Answer :-
Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani was the
[Question ID = 14246]
1. Both of the above / [Option ID = 26983]
33)
34)
35)
2. Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
3. Jurist in Iltutmish?s court / [Option ID = 26982]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26984]
Correct Answer :-
Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
Who is the author of the book Mughal Administration in Golkunda?
[Question ID = 14248]
1. John F. Richards / [Option ID = 26992]
2. Seema Alavi / [Option ID = 26990]
3. Jos Gommans / [Option ID = 26991]
4. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Correct Answer :-
Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Which of these books was authored by Patricia Crone?
[Question ID = 14237]
1. The Assassins / [Option ID = 26948]
2. Slaves on Horses / [Option ID = 26946]
3. Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
4. Venture of Islam / [Option ID = 26947]
Correct Answer :-
Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
Which of the following scholars has discussed the representation of nature in early Buddhist
sculpture?
[Question ID = 14270]
1. Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
2. B B Mukherjee / [Option ID = 27079]
3. A Southall / [Option ID = 27080]
4. Stella Kramrisch / [Option ID = 27078]
36)
37)
38)
Correct Answer :-
Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
Which of the following is not a scientific technique used in archaeology for studying about the
lives of the past communities?
[Question ID = 14253]
1. Aramaic dating / [Option ID = 27012]
2. Fission-track dating / [Option ID = 27011]
3. Potassium-Argon dating / [Option ID = 27010]
4. Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]
Correct Answer :-
Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]
Which of the following work cast new light on the issue of princely rebellions in the Mughal
Empire?
[Question ID = 14230]
1. Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire
[Option ID = 26917]
2. J. Gommans, Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers
[Option ID = 26920]
3. I. A. Khan, Gunpowder and Firearms
[Option ID = 26919]
4. Munis Faruqui, The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504?1719
[Option ID = 26918]
Correct Answer :-
Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire
[Option ID = 26917]
Which of the following were the major schools of thought that influenced colonial educational
policy until the 1850s?
[Question ID = 14263]
1. Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]
39)
40)
41)
2. All of the above / [Option ID = 27052]
3. Anglicists / [Option ID = 27051]
4. Evangelists / [Option ID = 27050]
Correct Answer :-
Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]
Which of the following issues are not discussed by Muzaffar Alam in his research papers?
[Question ID = 14268]
1. Abd al-Rahman Chishti?s attitude towards Sufism
[Option ID = 27070]
2. Agrarian uprisings and prosperity in North India in the early eighteenth century
[Option ID = 27071]
3. Land Revenue system of the Mughals in the late sixteenth century
[Option ID = 27072]
4. Study of Political culture of Mughals
[Option ID = 27069]
Correct Answer :-
Study of Political culture of Mughals
[Option ID = 27069]
Which of the following arguments can be attributed to the anthropologist and historian, Bernard
Cohn?
[Question ID = 14259]
1. British rule was a continuation of pre-colonial practices
[Option ID = 27033]
2. Colonialism was made possible through the help of Indian intermediaries
[Option ID = 27034]
3. Colonialism was a form of cultural conquest
[Option ID = 27035]
4. Colonial rule in India was weak and fragmented
[Option ID = 27036]
Correct Answer :-
British rule was a continuation of pre-colonial practices
[Option ID = 27033]
The book Customs in Common was written by
42)
43)
44)
[Question ID = 14229]
1. E P Thomson / [Option ID = 26914]
2. John Seyller / [Option ID = 26916]
3. W H Moreland / [Option ID = 26915]
4. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 26913]
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 26913]
The book This Fissured Land deals with
[Question ID = 14239]
1. History of Indian overland trade / [Option ID = 26954]
2. Political history of the North-eastern states of India /
[Option ID = 26956]
3. Ecological history of South Asia / [Option ID = 26953]
4. Military history of South east Asia / [Option ID = 26955]
Correct Answer :-
Ecological history of South Asia / [Option ID = 26953]
The Anguttara Nikaya, Vinaya Pitaka and Samyutta Nikaya constitute the
[Question ID = 14257]
1. Prashasti / [Option ID = 27027]
2. All of the above / [Option ID = 27028]
3. Buddhist literature / [Option ID = 27026]
4. Sangam literature / [Option ID = 27025]
Correct Answer :-
Sangam literature / [Option ID = 27025]
The idea of Zollverein represented the following
45)
46)
[Question ID = 14228]
1. Bismark?s political philosophy / [Option ID = 26911]
2. Political unification of Italy / [Option ID = 26909]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 26912]
4. Customs union of German states / [Option ID = 26910]
Correct Answer :-
Political unification of Italy / [Option ID = 26909]
The concept of ?Drain of wealth? was discussed by
[Question ID = 14262]
1. Francis Robinson in his book Separatism among Indian Muslims
[Option ID = 27047]
2. Peter Hardy in his book Muslims of British India
[Option ID = 27046]
3. N A Siddiqui in Land Revenue Administration in Colonial India
[Option ID = 27048]
4. R C Dutt in his book Economic History of India
[Option ID = 27045]
Correct Answer :-
R C Dutt in his book Economic History of India
[Option ID = 27045]
The phrase ?bullion for goods? in the economic history of the 18th century was used by:
[Question ID = 14264]
1. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27053]
2. None of the above / [Option ID = 27056]
3. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 27055]
4. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 27054]
Correct Answer :-
Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27053]
47)
48)
49)
50)
The book Many Headed Hydra by Marcus Rediker and Peter Linebaug deals with
[Question ID = 14240]
1. History of Snakes in Ancient India / [Option ID = 26959]
2. Slaves and sailors in the Revolutionary Atlantic / [Option ID =
26958]
3. Origins of the English Civil War / [Option ID = 26957]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26960]
Correct Answer :-
Origins of the English Civil War / [Option ID = 26957]
Ramchandra Guha has written several books on
[Question ID = 14235]
1. Imperial History / [Option ID = 26938]
2. Ecological History / [Option ID = 26939]
3. Anthropology / [Option ID = 26940]
4. Women?s Studies / [Option ID = 26937]
Correct Answer :-
Women?s Studies / [Option ID = 26937]
Who is the author of the essay ?On Retelling the Muslim Conquest of India??
[Question ID = 14269]
1. Shahid Amin / [Option ID = 27076]
2. Richard Davis [Option ID = 27073]
3. Nasir Shirazi / [Option ID = 27075]
4. Ronald Inden / [Option ID = 27074]
Correct Answer :-
Richard Davis [Option ID = 27073]
The Indian nationalist movement was projected as an elite-driven movement that grew from the
selfish desires of its political leadership by

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Which of the following objects are you likely to find in an ?Archive??
[Question ID = 14227]
1. Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
2. Paintings from the sixteenth century [Option ID = 26906]
3. All the above [Option ID = 26908]
4. Letters exchanged between Sultans and their nobles
[Option ID = 26907]
Correct Answer :-
Manuscripts produced in the eighteenth century [Option ID =
26905]
Which of the following would constitute as ?primary sources? for writing history?
[Question ID = 14225]
1. Tarikh / [Option ID = 26899]
2. Private papers of East India Company officials /
[Option ID = 26898]
3. Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
4. All the Above / [Option ID = 26900]
Correct Answer :-
Prashasti / [Option ID = 26897]
Which of these statements are true regarding the 19th century reformers?
[Question ID = 14243]
1. All of the above. [Option ID = 26972]
4)
5)
6)
2. They often sought to use the colonial state?s machinery to push forward progressive legislation.
[Option ID = 26970]
3. They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
4. They felt reform of women?s lives would lead to reform of society as a whole.
[Option ID =
26971]
Correct Answer :-
They felt guilty about the deprivations of women in their society.
[Option ID =
26969]
Which of these scholars produced a monograph on the issue of caste in modern period?
[Question ID = 14242]
1. Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
2. Ishita Banerjee-Dube / [Option ID = 26966]
3. Partha Chatterjee / [Option ID = 26967]
4. All of the above / [Option ID = 26968]
Correct Answer :-
Susan Bayly / [Option ID = 26965]
The Khilafat movement in India lasted from
[Question ID = 14261]
1. 1881-86 / [Option ID = 27042]
2. 1931-32 / [Option ID = 27044]
3. 1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
4. 1919-21 / [Option ID = 27043]
Correct Answer :-
1935-37 / [Option ID = 27041]
Morris D. Morris had
7)
8)
[Question ID = 14244]
1. Questioned the notion of de-industrialization [Option ID
= 26975]
2. Argued that Indian economy in the 19th century was a private enterprise economy
[Option
ID = 26974]
3. All of the above [Option ID = 26976]
4. Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
Correct Answer :-
Tracked the growth of jute manufacturing and the cotton textile industry in India
[Option ID = 26973]
The book Garden of the Eight Paradises deals with the
[Question ID = 14266]
1. Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
2. Imperial gardens of the Safavids / [Option ID = 27062]
3. Babur and the culture of empire in Central Asia and India /
[Option ID = 27063]
4. Garden palaces of Shahjahanabad / [Option ID = 27064]
Correct Answer :-
Lives of Deccani sufis / [Option ID = 27061]
C A Bayly had argued that in the eighteenth century
[Question ID = 14260]
1. Marathas and Jats were the key supporters of the East India Company
[Option ID = 27040]
2. Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and commerce
in the political economy
9)
10)
[Option ID = 27037]
3. The decline of the Mughal empire was brought about by Jagirdari crisis
[Option ID = 27038]
4. Areas of agrarian unrest did not exist in North India
[Option ID = 27039]
Correct Answer :-
Consolidation of intermediary classes such as merchants and gentry gave a new direction to trade and
commerce in the political economy
[Option ID = 27037]
A bibliography is
[Question ID = 14226]
1. List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
2. Notes with shortened details of books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26903]
3. Notes with details of cited books at the end of each page
[Option ID = 26902]
4. None of the above [Option ID = 26904]
Correct Answer :-
List of books and articles carried at the end of the book/article
[Option ID = 26901]
Carla Sinopoli has used the following methodology to study the city of Hampi
11)
12)
[Question ID = 14251]
1. Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
2. Subaltern historiography / [Option ID = 27002]
3. Study of Malayalam literary canons / [Option ID = 27004]
4. Study of Kannada literary canons / [Option ID = 27003]
Correct Answer :-
Archaeology / [Option ID = 27001]
The revisionist history of the 18th century is refuted by:
[Question ID = 14238]
1. C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
2. Athar Ali / [Option ID = 26950]
3. Roger Chartier / [Option ID = 26952]
4. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 26951]
Correct Answer :-
C.A. Bayly / [Option ID = 26949]
?The power of population is infinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence
for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometric ratio. Subsistence only increases in an
arithmetic ratio. A slight acquaintance with the numbers will show the immensity of the first power in
comparison with the second.?? The argument presented above is fundamental to:
[Question ID = 14236]
1. Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
2. Charles Darwin?s theory of biological evolution
[Option ID = 26944]
3. Malthus? belief in the inevitability of working-class poverty
[Option ID = 26943]
4. Hegel?s theory of the process of change
[Option ID = 26942]
Correct Answer :-
13)
14)
15)
Adam Smith?s belief in the natural laws of production and exchange
[Option ID = 26941]
Who amongst the following constituted the retinue of Muizz al-Din of Ghur in North India in the
late twelfth and early thirteenth century?
[Question ID = 14267]
1. Muizzi Shahzadas / [Option ID = 27066]
2. Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 27068]
4. Shamsi Ghulams / [Option ID = 27067]
Correct Answer :-
Muizzi Bandagan-I Khass / [Option ID = 27065]
Who amongst the following argued that the nation as a historical imaginary emerged in early
nineteenth century prior to the emergence of nationalism ?
[Question ID = 14245]
1. Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
2. Sayyid Ahmad Khan / [Option ID = 26978]
3. Thomas Macaulay / [Option ID = 26979]
4. R. P. Tripathi / [Option ID = 26980]
Correct Answer :-
Ranajit Guha / [Option ID = 26977]
Who is the author of the book Trade and Traders in Early India?
[Question ID = 14252]
1. Ranabir Chakravarti / [Option ID = 27008]
2. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27006]
3. N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
16)
17)
4. S P Gupta / [Option ID = 27007]
Correct Answer :-
N N Bhattacharyya / [Option ID = 27005]
Assertion (A): Shaykh Nizam al-Din Awliya was a fourteenth century sufi who had large number
of disciples in Delhi and neighbouring regions.
Reason (R): Sultan Ala al-Din Khalaji became a disciple of Shaykh Nizam al-Din which made both the
Shaykh and the Sultan very popular.
Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
[Question ID = 14247]
1. A is correct but R is wrong.
[Option ID = 26988]
2. Both A and R are correct, but R is not an explanation for A.
[Option ID = 26986]
3. Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
4. Both A and R are wrong.
[Option ID = 26987]
Correct Answer :-
Both A and R are correct, and R is one of the explanations for A.
[Option ID = 26985]
Allison Busch has argued that
[Question ID = 14265]
1. Both A and B / [Option ID = 27059]
2. Keshavdas was the author of Jahangirjascandrika /
[Option ID = 27058]
3. Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 27060]
18)
19)
Correct Answer :-
Several Braj bhasa poets were associated with the Mughal court /
[Option ID = 27057]
The acronym NBPW refers to
[Question ID = 14273]
1. Northern Black Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27091]
2. Northern Brass Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27092]
3. Northern Bronze Polished Ware / [Option ID = 27090]
4. New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
Correct Answer :-
New Black Painted Ware / [Option ID = 27089]
[Question ID = 14232]
1. [Option ID = 26925]
2. [Option ID = 26928]
3. [Option ID = 26927]
4. [Option ID = 26926]
Correct Answer :-
[Option ID = 26925]
20)
[Question ID = 14231]
1.
[Option ID = 26922]
2.
[Option ID = 26924]
3.
[Option ID = 26921]
4.
[Option ID = 26923]
Correct Answer :-
21)
22)
23)
[Option ID = 26921]
The representation of Buddha and Bodhisattava in the images was the favourite theme of
[Question ID = 14256]
1. Pallava style / [Option ID = 27024]
2. Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
3. Sanauli style / [Option ID = 27022]
4. Pradyota style / [Option ID = 27023]
Correct Answer :-
Gandhara style / [Option ID = 27021]
The Chola king Rajaraja I initiated reorganization of empire into units known as
[Question ID = 14274]
1. Adhaka / [Option ID = 27096]
2. Sangam / [Option ID = 27094]
3. Shakah / [Option ID = 27095]
4. Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
Correct Answer :-
Valanadu / [Option ID = 27093]
The editor of the book The Cambridge History of South East Asia is
[Question ID = 14234]
1. Nicholas Tarling / [Option ID = 26934]
2. D S Richards / [Option ID = 26936]
24)
25)
26)
3. Anupa Pande / [Option ID = 26935]
4. Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
Correct Answer :-
Nicholas Dirks / [Option ID = 26933]
The title Devanampiya Piyadasi was used by
[Question ID = 14255]
1. Vikramaditya / [Option ID = 27018]
2. Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
3. Ashoka / [Option ID = 27019]
4. Dadhikarna / [Option ID = 27020]
Correct Answer :-
Nabhaka / [Option ID = 27017]
The term Vesara refers to
[Question ID = 14272]
1. A form of vedic sacrifice / [Option ID = 27086]
2. Non-Brahmadeya village / [Option ID = 27087]
3. A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
4. A style of temple architecture / [Option ID = 27088]
Correct Answer :-
A Jain monk / [Option ID = 27085]
Hermann Kulke has discussed about the Jagannath cult in the following book
[Question ID = 14271]
1. None of the above / [Option ID = 27084]
2. Kings and Cults / [Option ID = 27082]
3. Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories / [Option ID =
27083]
4. The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
27)
28)
29)
Correct Answer :-
The Concept of India / [Option ID = 27081]
The Mughal norms of governance were influenced by
[Question ID = 14250]
1. Norms of governance followed by the Abbasids / [Option ID = 27000]
2. Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
3. Akhlaqi traditions / [Option ID = 26998]
4. Wahabi literature / [Option ID = 26999]
Correct Answer :-
Norms of governance followed by the Ismailis / [Option ID = 26997]
Which scholar has focused on issues of manliness, imperial service and household in the Mughal
empire in her/his research?
[Question ID = 14249]
1. Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
2. Dirk Kolff / [Option ID = 26996]
3. Parita Mukta / [Option ID = 26994]
4. Lata Mani / [Option ID = 26995]
Correct Answer :-
Rosalind O?Hanlon / [Option ID = 26993]
Which scholar argued that the strong Hindu streak that characterized revolutionary activity after
1905 was inculcated by Aurobindo and Barindra Ghosh?
[Question ID = 14258]
1. K M Srivastava / [Option ID = 27030]
2. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
3. Michael Fisher / [Option ID = 27031]
4. Stephan Dale / [Option ID = 27032]
30)
31)
32)
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 27029]
For Michel Foucault power is:
(I) Not a thing but a relation
(II) Property of the state
(III) Omnipresent at every level of social body
(IV) Not simply repressive but productive
[Question ID = 14233]
1. I, II and III / [Option ID = 26930]
2. I, II, III and IV / [Option ID = 26931]
3. I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26932]
Correct Answer :-
I, III and IV / [Option ID = 26929]
Y. Subbarayalu divides Chola political history into:
[Question ID = 14254]
1. Three periods / [Option ID = 27014]
2. Four periods / [Option ID = 27015]
3. Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
4. Five periods / [Option ID = 27016]
Correct Answer :-
Two periods / [Option ID = 27013]
Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani was the
[Question ID = 14246]
1. Both of the above / [Option ID = 26983]
33)
34)
35)
2. Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
3. Jurist in Iltutmish?s court / [Option ID = 26982]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26984]
Correct Answer :-
Author of the book Tabaqat - i Nasiri / [Option ID = 26981]
Who is the author of the book Mughal Administration in Golkunda?
[Question ID = 14248]
1. John F. Richards / [Option ID = 26992]
2. Seema Alavi / [Option ID = 26990]
3. Jos Gommans / [Option ID = 26991]
4. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Correct Answer :-
Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 26989]
Which of these books was authored by Patricia Crone?
[Question ID = 14237]
1. The Assassins / [Option ID = 26948]
2. Slaves on Horses / [Option ID = 26946]
3. Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
4. Venture of Islam / [Option ID = 26947]
Correct Answer :-
Slaves of the Shah / [Option ID = 26945]
Which of the following scholars has discussed the representation of nature in early Buddhist
sculpture?
[Question ID = 14270]
1. Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
2. B B Mukherjee / [Option ID = 27079]
3. A Southall / [Option ID = 27080]
4. Stella Kramrisch / [Option ID = 27078]
36)
37)
38)
Correct Answer :-
Harbans Mukhia / [Option ID = 27077]
Which of the following is not a scientific technique used in archaeology for studying about the
lives of the past communities?
[Question ID = 14253]
1. Aramaic dating / [Option ID = 27012]
2. Fission-track dating / [Option ID = 27011]
3. Potassium-Argon dating / [Option ID = 27010]
4. Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]
Correct Answer :-
Carbon-14 dating / [Option ID = 27009]
Which of the following work cast new light on the issue of princely rebellions in the Mughal
Empire?
[Question ID = 14230]
1. Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire
[Option ID = 26917]
2. J. Gommans, Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers
[Option ID = 26920]
3. I. A. Khan, Gunpowder and Firearms
[Option ID = 26919]
4. Munis Faruqui, The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504?1719
[Option ID = 26918]
Correct Answer :-
Douglas Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire
[Option ID = 26917]
Which of the following were the major schools of thought that influenced colonial educational
policy until the 1850s?
[Question ID = 14263]
1. Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]
39)
40)
41)
2. All of the above / [Option ID = 27052]
3. Anglicists / [Option ID = 27051]
4. Evangelists / [Option ID = 27050]
Correct Answer :-
Orientalists / [Option ID = 27049]
Which of the following issues are not discussed by Muzaffar Alam in his research papers?
[Question ID = 14268]
1. Abd al-Rahman Chishti?s attitude towards Sufism
[Option ID = 27070]
2. Agrarian uprisings and prosperity in North India in the early eighteenth century
[Option ID = 27071]
3. Land Revenue system of the Mughals in the late sixteenth century
[Option ID = 27072]
4. Study of Political culture of Mughals
[Option ID = 27069]
Correct Answer :-
Study of Political culture of Mughals
[Option ID = 27069]
Which of the following arguments can be attributed to the anthropologist and historian, Bernard
Cohn?
[Question ID = 14259]
1. British rule was a continuation of pre-colonial practices
[Option ID = 27033]
2. Colonialism was made possible through the help of Indian intermediaries
[Option ID = 27034]
3. Colonialism was a form of cultural conquest
[Option ID = 27035]
4. Colonial rule in India was weak and fragmented
[Option ID = 27036]
Correct Answer :-
British rule was a continuation of pre-colonial practices
[Option ID = 27033]
The book Customs in Common was written by
42)
43)
44)
[Question ID = 14229]
1. E P Thomson / [Option ID = 26914]
2. John Seyller / [Option ID = 26916]
3. W H Moreland / [Option ID = 26915]
4. Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 26913]
Correct Answer :-
Sumit Sarkar / [Option ID = 26913]
The book This Fissured Land deals with
[Question ID = 14239]
1. History of Indian overland trade / [Option ID = 26954]
2. Political history of the North-eastern states of India /
[Option ID = 26956]
3. Ecological history of South Asia / [Option ID = 26953]
4. Military history of South east Asia / [Option ID = 26955]
Correct Answer :-
Ecological history of South Asia / [Option ID = 26953]
The Anguttara Nikaya, Vinaya Pitaka and Samyutta Nikaya constitute the
[Question ID = 14257]
1. Prashasti / [Option ID = 27027]
2. All of the above / [Option ID = 27028]
3. Buddhist literature / [Option ID = 27026]
4. Sangam literature / [Option ID = 27025]
Correct Answer :-
Sangam literature / [Option ID = 27025]
The idea of Zollverein represented the following
45)
46)
[Question ID = 14228]
1. Bismark?s political philosophy / [Option ID = 26911]
2. Political unification of Italy / [Option ID = 26909]
3. None of the above / [Option ID = 26912]
4. Customs union of German states / [Option ID = 26910]
Correct Answer :-
Political unification of Italy / [Option ID = 26909]
The concept of ?Drain of wealth? was discussed by
[Question ID = 14262]
1. Francis Robinson in his book Separatism among Indian Muslims
[Option ID = 27047]
2. Peter Hardy in his book Muslims of British India
[Option ID = 27046]
3. N A Siddiqui in Land Revenue Administration in Colonial India
[Option ID = 27048]
4. R C Dutt in his book Economic History of India
[Option ID = 27045]
Correct Answer :-
R C Dutt in his book Economic History of India
[Option ID = 27045]
The phrase ?bullion for goods? in the economic history of the 18th century was used by:
[Question ID = 14264]
1. Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27053]
2. None of the above / [Option ID = 27056]
3. Om Prakash / [Option ID = 27055]
4. Muzaffar Alam / [Option ID = 27054]
Correct Answer :-
Ashin Das Gupta / [Option ID = 27053]
47)
48)
49)
50)
The book Many Headed Hydra by Marcus Rediker and Peter Linebaug deals with
[Question ID = 14240]
1. History of Snakes in Ancient India / [Option ID = 26959]
2. Slaves and sailors in the Revolutionary Atlantic / [Option ID =
26958]
3. Origins of the English Civil War / [Option ID = 26957]
4. None of the above / [Option ID = 26960]
Correct Answer :-
Origins of the English Civil War / [Option ID = 26957]
Ramchandra Guha has written several books on
[Question ID = 14235]
1. Imperial History / [Option ID = 26938]
2. Ecological History / [Option ID = 26939]
3. Anthropology / [Option ID = 26940]
4. Women?s Studies / [Option ID = 26937]
Correct Answer :-
Women?s Studies / [Option ID = 26937]
Who is the author of the essay ?On Retelling the Muslim Conquest of India??
[Question ID = 14269]
1. Shahid Amin / [Option ID = 27076]
2. Richard Davis [Option ID = 27073]
3. Nasir Shirazi / [Option ID = 27075]
4. Ronald Inden / [Option ID = 27074]
Correct Answer :-
Richard Davis [Option ID = 27073]
The Indian nationalist movement was projected as an elite-driven movement that grew from the
selfish desires of its political leadership by
[Question ID = 14241]
1. Marxist School / [Option ID = 26963]
2. Subaltern School / [Option ID = 26964]
3. Annales School / [Option ID = 26962]
4. Cambridge School / [Option ID = 26961]
Correct Answer :-
Cambridge School / [Option ID = 26961]

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