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Topic:- HISTORY MA S2

1. Which of the following scholars has written a book on early medieval courtly culture?

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   1. Leslie Orr / ? ?
   2. Daud Ali / ? ?
   3. D.N. Jha / ? ? ?
   4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

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   • Daud Ali / ? ?

2. The term Anekantavada denotes

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   1. Lokayata doctrine / ? ?

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   2. Mahayana doctrine / ? ?
   3. Jaina doctrine / ? ?
   4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

   Correct Answer :-

   • Jaina doctrine / ? ?

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3. The term Parihara refers to

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   1. Taxes / ?
   2. Tax exemptions / ? ?

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   3. Stepwell / ?
   4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

   Correct Answer :-

   • Tax exemptions / ? ?

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4. Ayyavole was a

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   1. Tral assembly / ? ?
   2. Sangam poetry / ? ?
   3. Religious assembly / ? ?

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   4. Merchant guild / ? ?

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   • Merchant guild / ? ?

5. Cairn stands for

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   1. Temple vestibule / ? ?
   2. Temple window / ? ? ?
   3. Megalithic burial / ? ?
   4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

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   Correct Answer :-

   • Megalithic burial / ? ?

6. Romila Thapar is the author of

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   1. The Mauryas Revisited / ? ? ?
   2. Advent of the Aryans in India / ? ? ? ? ? ?
   3. Introduction to the Study of Indian History / ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
   4. Culture and Civilization in Ancient India / ? ? ? ? ? ?

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   • The Mauryas Revisited / ? ? ?

7. The Harappan site at Manda is located in

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   1. Himachal Pradesh / ? ?

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   2. Jammu and Kashmir / ? ? ?
   3. Punjab / ?
   4. Uttarakhand / ?

   Correct Answer :-

   • Jammu and Kashmir / ? ? ?

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8. Pattanam is usually identified with

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   1. Puhar / ?
   2. Arikamedu / ?

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   3. Muziris / ?
   4. Kaveripattanam / ?

   Correct Answer :-

   • Muziris / ?

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9. batak inscription is associated

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   1. Mauryas / ?
   2. Satavahanas / ?
   3. Kushanas / ?

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   4. Sungas / ?

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   • Kushanas / ?

10. A stone portrait of Ashoka can be found at

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    1. Mathura / ?
    2. Pataliputra / ?
    3. Kanaganahalli / ?
    4. Maski / ?

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    Correct Answer :-

    • Kanaganahalli / ?

11. Nalanda Vihara and stupa representations relate to

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    1. Hinayana Buddhism / ? ? ?
    2. Mahayana Buddhism / ? ? ?
    3. Both Hinayana and Mahayana / ? ? ? ?
    4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

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    • Both Hinayana and Mahayana / ? ? ? ?

12. The term Pattupattu in Sangam corpus means

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    1. Eight Collections / ? ?

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    2. Ten Songs / ? ?
    3. Dharma / ?
    4. Twelve Books / ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Ten Songs / ? ?

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13. Daya Ram Sahni had excavated the following site

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    1. Manpur / ?
    2. Siswal / ?

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    3. Padri / ?
    4. Harappa / ?

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    • Harappa / ?

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14. The term Gojit refers to

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    1. Hero / ?
    2. King / ?
    3. Morning / ?

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    4. Hoe / ?

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    • Hero / ?

15. The Besnagar pillar inscription is associated with

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    1. Shunga period / ? ?
    2. Pratiharas / ?
    3. Satvahanas / ?
    4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

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    Correct Answer :-

    • Shunga period / ? ?

16. Which of these is not mentioned as a tribe in the Vedic texts?

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    1. Anu-Druhyus / ?-?
    2. Yadu-Turvasas / ?-?
    3. Kuru- Pancala / ?- ?
    4. Kosala-Mithila / ? ?

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    • Kosala-Mithila / ? ?

17. Mahabhasya is a work of

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    1. Panini / ?

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    2. Patanjali / ?
    3. Yaska / ?
    4. Baudhayana / ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Patanjali / ?

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18. Black and Red Ware is associated with

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    1. Chalcolithic period / ? ?
    2. Neolithic period / ? ?

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    3. Rajput period / ? ?
    4. Mesolithic period / ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Chalcolithic period / ? ?

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19. A sequence of stone age industries from Lower Paleolithic to Neolithic to Protohistoric can be found in

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    1. Chittoor / ?
    2. Hazaribagh / ?
    3. Bhimbetka / ?

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    4. Belan Valley / ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Belan Valley / ? ?

20. Polychrome ware has been found at

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    1. Nal / ?
    2. Padri / ?
    3. Pipru / ?
    4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

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    • Nal / ?

21. Which of these regions was a Mahajanapada in the sixth century BCE

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    1. Anga / ?
    2. Avanti / ?
    3. Vajji / ?
    4. All of these / ? ?

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    • All of these / ? ?

22. The term suvannakara refers to the following profession

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    1. Goldsmith / ?

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    2. Needle Maker / ? ?
    3. Garland Maker / ? ? ?
    4. Ivory worker / ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Goldsmith / ?

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23. In the text Silappadikaram, Kovalan and Kannaki were inclined towards

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    1. Sakta cult / ? ?
    2. Jaina path / ? ?

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    3. Buddhist path / ? ?
    4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Jaina path / ? ?

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24. The term samanta refers to:

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    1. Renunciant / ?
    2. Tribal assembly / ? ?
    3. Feudatory / ?

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    4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Feudatory / ?

25. The book From Lineage to State has been written by

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    1. A. L. Basham / ? ? ?
    2. Romila Thapar / ? ?
    3. Devahuti / ?
    4. Makhan Joshi / ? ?

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    • Romila Thapar / ? ?

26. Faxian mentions Tamralipti, an important trading centre on the/in:

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    1. Eastern coast / ? ?
    2. Western coast / ? ?
    3. Sri Lanka / ?
    4. Burma / ?

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    • Eastern coast / ? ?

27. The Lower Paleolithic period is associated with the following geological age

    1. Lower Pleistocene / ? ?
    2. Middle Pleistocene / ? ?

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    3. Upper Pleistocene / ? ?
    4. Holocene / ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Holocene / ?

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28. Karaikkal Ammaiyar was a devotee of

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    1. Lord Shiva / ? ?
    2. Lord Vishnu / ? ?
    3. Lord Krishna / ? ?

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    4. Lord Ram / ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Lord Shiva / ? ?

29. The book The Languages of Gods in the World of Men has been edited by

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    1. B. N. Pandey / ? ? ?
    2. Sheldon Pollock / ? ?
    3. Dipankar Gupta / ? ?
    4. R. S. Sharma / ? ? ?

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    Correct Answer :-

    • Sheldon Pollock / ? ?

30. Norman Lowe was written the following book

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    1. Tantricism / ?
    2. Mastering World History / ? ? ?
    3. A Short History of Europe / ? ? ? ? ?
    4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

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    • Mastering World History / ? ? ?

31. The Tokugawa Bakuhan system was present in

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    1. Japan / ?

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    2. Korea / ?
    3. China / ?
    4. Burma / ?

32. The book British Trade and Opening of China was written by

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    1. Tan Chung / ? ?
    2. Ranbir Vohra / ? ?
    3. J. K. Fairbank / ? ? ?
    4. Michael Greenberg / ? ?

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    • Michael Greenberg / ? ?

33. The book America's Black Past was edited by

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    1. Eric Foner / ? ?
    2. David Donald / ? ?
    3. Paul Boyer / ? ?
    4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

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    • Eric Foner / ? ?

34. The Gilded age in the United States of America was marked by

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    1. Rise of Big Business / ? ? ? ?

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    2. Monopolism / ?
    3. Growth of Trust-owned companies / ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    4. All of these / ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • All of these / ? ?

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35. Joan Scott's path-breaking essay deals with

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    1. Gender as a category of historical analysis / ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    2. Class as a category of historical analysis / ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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    3. Caste as a category of historical analysis / ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Gender as a category of historical analysis / ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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36. Who amongst the following have made an important contribution regarding the origin and growth of Feudalism in medieval Europe?

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    1. Marc Bloch / ? ?
    2. Georges Duby / ? ?
    3. Perry Anderson / ? ?

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    4. All of these / ? ?

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    • All of these / ? ?

37. The term Islamicate was coined by

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    1. A Durrani / ? ?
    2. Marshall Hodgson / ? ?
    3. John Marshall / ? ?
    4. Richard Hodson / ? ?

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    Correct Answer :-

    • Marshall Hodgson / ? ?

38. Helots were found in

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    1. Athens / ?
    2. Sparta / ?
    3. Rome / ?
    4. Bosnia / ?

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    • Sparta / ?

39. Robert Wenke's research deals with

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    1. Prehistory of Mankind / ? ? ?

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    2. Modern Indian Literature / ? ? ?
    3. Contemporary Indian Art / ? ? ?
    4. None of the above / ? ? ? ? ?

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    • Prehistory of Mankind / ? ? ?

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40. Who among the following was not part of the Khilafat Committee?

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    1. Shaukat Ali / ? ?
    2. Mohammad Ali / ? ?

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    3. M. A. Ansari / ?. ?. ?
    4. M. Q. Nanautavi / ?. ?, ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • M. Q. Nanautavi / ?. ?, ?

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41. Arrange the following Mughal rulers chronologically A. Jahandar Shah

    B. Akbar II

    C. Alamgir II

    D. Shah Alam II

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below

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    (a) ? ?

    (b) ? II

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    1. B, C, D, A / b, c, d, a
    2. A, C, D, B / a, c, d, b
    3. A, C, B, D / a, c, b, d
    4. B, C, A, D / b, c, a, d

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    • A, C, D, B / a, c, d, b

42. Who is the author of the book titled Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi?

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    1. Mubarak Shah / ? ?

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    2. Yahya Sihrindi / ? ?
    3. Ibn Muluk Shah / ? ? ?
    4. Sharfuddin Yazdi / ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Yahya Sihrindi / ? ?

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43. Khwaja Nasir al-Din Mahmud's spiritual conversations have been collected in which of the following texts

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    1. Tarikh-i-Nizami / ?-?-?
    2. Khair-ul-Majalis / ?-?-?

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    3. Fawaid-ul-Fawaid / ?-?-?
    4. Sirat-i-Firoz Shahi / ?-?-? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Khair-ul-Majalis / ?-?-?

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44. Which historian has studied the context of emergence of Islam in Bengal?

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    1. Sushil Choudhury / ? ?
    2. Tapan Raychaudhuri / ? ? ?
    3. Richard M. Eaton / ? ?. ?

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    4. David Curley / ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Richard M. Eaton / ? ?. ?

45. Buranji, a form of historical literature, is identified with the following region

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    1. Assam / ?
    2. Maharashtra / ?
    3. Karnataka / ?
    4. Tamil Nadu / ?

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    Correct Answer :-

    • Assam / ?

46. Who was responsible for the translations of Ramayana and Mahabharata at Akbar's court?

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    1. Abul Fazl / ? ?
    2. Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan / ? ? ?-?-?
    3. Todarmal / ?
    4. Mulla Abdul Qadir Badauni / ? ? ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

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    • Mulla Abdul Qadir Badauni / ? ? ? ?

47. Who first discussed the 'urban revolution'?

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    1. Mohammad Habib / ? ?

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    2. I.H. Qureshi / ?. ? ?
    3. R.P. Tripathi / ?. ?. ?
    4. Sunil Kumar / ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Mohammad Habib / ? ?

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48. Who raised the question 'Was their Feudalism in Indian History'?

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    1. B.N.S. Yadav / ?. ?. ?. ?
    2. R.S. Sharma / ?.?. ?

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    3. B.D. Chattopadhyaya / ?. ?. ?
    4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

49. Lahore was the capital of

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    1. Muizz al-Din Ghuri / ? ?-? ?
    2. Iltutmish / ?
    3. Qubacha / ?
    4. Qutb al-Din Aybak / ? ?-? ?

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    • Qutb al-Din Aybak / ? ?-? ?

50. The Marwanids were

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    1. Abbasid Caliphs / ? ?

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    2. Sultans of Khurasan / ? ? ?
    3. Umayyad Caliphs / ? ?
    4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Umayyad Caliphs / ? ?

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51. The Khalajis first established control over

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    1. Delhi / ?
    2. Bengal / ?

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    3. Malwa / ?
    4. Afghanistan / ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Bengal / ?

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52. Given below are two statements regarding Akbar's Rajput policy

    Statement I: Akbar married the Rajput princess, the daughter of Raja Bharamal which was considered as a turning point in the history of Mughals.

    Statement II: Marriages of this nature defined Akbar's so-called Rajput Policy.

    In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

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    I. ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    II ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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    1. Statement I is true but Statement II is false / ? ?
    2. Statement I is false but Statement II is true / ? ||

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    3. Both Statement I and Statement II are true / I ? II ?
    4. Both Statement I and Statement II are false / ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Statement I is true but Statement II is false / ? ?

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53. The Battle of Chausa was fought between

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    1. Babur and Rana Sanga / ? ? ? ?
    2. Humayun and Sher Shah / ? ? ?
    3. Babur and Sher Shah / ? ? ?

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    4. Sher Shah and Rana Sanga / ? ? ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • Humayun and Sher Shah / ? ? ?

54. Who is the author of the book: The Muqaddimah?

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    ? ? ? '?' ? ? ? ?

    1. Ibn Khaldun / ? ?
    2. Ibn al-Hakam / ? ? ?
    3. Ibn Sina / ? ?
    4. Ibn al-Idhari / ? ? ?

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    Correct Answer :-

    • Ibn Khaldun / ? ?

55. Who amongst the following historians has written a book on Indo-Persian travellers during the middle ages?

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    1. Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subrahmanyam / ? ? ? ? ?
    2. Munis Faruqui / ? ?
    3. Irfan Habib and Mohammad Habib / ? ? ? ? ?
    4. I A Khan / ? ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

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    • Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subrahmanyam / ? ? ? ? ?

56. The growth of the qasbas in the 18th century was pointed out by

    18 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    1. C.A. Bayly / ? ? ?

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    2. A. B. M. Habibullah / ? ? ? ?
    3. Om Prakash / ? ?
    4. Inayat Khan / ? ?

    Correct Answer :-

    • C.A. Bayly / ? ? ?

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57. Abdul Hamid Lahori authored the following text

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    1. Ain-i-Akbari / ?-?-?
    2. Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri / ?-?-?

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    3. Padshah Nama / ? ?
    4. Humayun Nama / ? ?
       

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