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Delhi University Entrance Test (DUET) 2020 Previous Year Question Paper With Answer Key

This post was last modified on 27 December 2020

DUET Last 10 Years 2011-2021 Question Papers With Answer Key || Delhi University Entrance Test conducted by the NTA


Topic:- HIS MPHIL S2

  1. To understand connected histories, Millenarianism was used as a concept by which historian?
    ? ? (? ?) ? ? ? ? ? (?) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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    [Question ID = 10466]
    1. Muzaffar Alam/? ?
      [Option ID = 41858]
    2. Irfan Habib/? ?
      [Option ID = 41859]
    3. Sanjay Subrahmanyam/? ?

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      [Option ID = 41860]
    4. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41861]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Sanjay Subrahmanyam/ ? ?
      [Option ID = 41860]
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  2. Who used the term 'military labour market' to understand state formation in India :
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? '? ? ?' ? ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10467]
    1. William Pinch / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41862]
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    3. Jos Gommans / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41863]
    4. Dirk Kolff/ ? ?
      [Option ID = 41864]
    5. Andre Wink/? ?

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      [Option ID = 41865]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Dirk Kolff/? ?
      [Option ID = 41864]
  3. When was Asar us Sanadid composed?

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    ? ?-? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10468]
    1. 13th century/13 ? ?
      [Option ID = 41866]
    2. 16th century/16 ? ?
      [Option ID = 41867]
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    4. 19th century/19 ? ?
      [Option ID = 41868]
    5. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41869]
    Correct Answer :-
    • 19th century/19 ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41868]
  4. The work of which two historians had a huge impact on the study of the North American frontier
    (i) Tzvetan Todorov
    (ii) Frederick Turner

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    (iii) Charles A. Beard
    (iv) Eugene Genovese
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    (i) ? ?
    (ii) ?

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    [Question ID = 10469]
    1. (i) & (iii)/ (i) & (iii)
      [Option ID = 41870]
    2. (ii) & (iv)/ (ii) & (iv)
      [Option ID = 41871]
    3. (i) & (ii)/(i) & (ii)

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      [Option ID = 41872]
    4. (iii) & (iv)/(iii) & (iv)
      [Option ID = 41873]
    Correct Answer :-
    • (i) & (ii)/(i) & (ii)
      [Option ID = 41872]
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  5. Sumit Sarkar's critique of Subaltern Studies
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -
    [Question ID = 10470]
    1. Included a critique of Said's Orientalism /? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41874]
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    3. Included a radical critique of all Marxist methods/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41875]
    4. Defended the position of Said's Orientalism /? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41876]
    5. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41877]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Included a critique of Said's Orientalism /? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41874]
  6. Gyanendra Pandey's Construction of Communalism in Colonial North India

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    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -
    [Question ID = 10471]
    1. Included 'historical fieldwork' / ? '? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41878]
    2. Discussed the legal category of the Approver / ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41879]
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    4. Had a chapter on the 'Bigoted Julaha' / '? ?' ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41880]
    5. All of these / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41881]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Had a chapter on the 'Bigoted Julaha' / '? ?' ? ? ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41880]
  7. Dipesh Chakrabarty's critique of Ranajit Guha
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10472]
    1. Involves the relationship between religious belief and history / ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41882]
    2. Involves the critique of economic determinism/? www.FirstRanker.com
      [Option ID = 41883]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Involves the relationship between religious belief and history / ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41882]
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  8. Textures of Time by Rao, Subhramanyam and Shulman
    ?, ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10473]
    1. A) Involves the argument that pre-colonial writings in India were historical/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?-? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41886]
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    3. B) Involves a critique of Sheldon Pollock/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41887]
    4. C) Involves a discussion of the Rajataramgini/? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41888]
    5. D) A and C/A ? C

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      [Option ID = 41889]
    Correct Answer :-
    • D) A and C/A ? C
      [Option ID = 41889]
  9. The World Turned Upside Down is a study of:

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    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?:
    [Question ID = 10474]
    1. The working classes in the French Revolution/? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41890]
    2. The Diggers, Ranters and Levellers in the English Revolution/? ? ? ?, ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41891]
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    4. African-American slaves in the American Civil War / ? ? ? ?-? ?
      [Option ID = 41892]
    5. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41893]
    Correct Answer :-
    • The Diggers, Ranters and Levellers in the English Revolution / ? ? ? ?, ? ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41891]
  10. The Great Divergence is a historical comparison of the following two regions:
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10475]
    1. Northwest Europe and East Asia / ? ? ? ? ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41894]
    2. Northern Africa and East Asia / ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41895]
    3. Central Europe and West Asia / ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41896]
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    5. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41897]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Northwest Europe and East Asia / ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41894]
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  12. E.P. Thompson's concept of Moral Economy was written in which context?
    ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10476]
    1. The 19th century peasant rebellions in Vietnam / ? ? 19 ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41898]
    2. The late 18th century Haitian Revolution / 18 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41899]
    3. Late 18th century food riots in England/18 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41900]
    4. All of these / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41901]
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    Correct Answer :-
    • Late 18th century food riots in England/18 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41900]
  13. What is the book theArt of Not Being Governed about?
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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    [Question ID = 10477]
    1. The Narodniks in the Russian Revolution/ ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41902]
    2. The Jacobins in the French Revolution/? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41903]
    3. Stateless communities in South East Asia / ? ? ? ? ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41904]
    4. American Indian communities / ?-? ?
      [Option ID = 41905]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Stateless communities in South East Asia / ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41904]
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  14. Le Roy Laduri'sMontaillouuses the following as historical evidence:
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?::
    [Question ID = 10478]
    1. Fournier's Register, a set of Inquisition Reports/? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41906]
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    3. The diaries of Menocchio, the miller / ? (? ? ?) ? ?
      [Option ID = 41907]
    4. The diaries of Christopher Columbus/? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41908]
    5. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41909]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Fournier's Register, a set of Inquisition Reports/? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41906]
  15. Who wrote Myth and Reality?

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    ? ? ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10479]
    1. Arnold Toynbee / ?
      [Option ID = 41910]
    2. Will Durant/?
      [Option ID = 41911]
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    4. H.G. Wells/? ?
      [Option ID = 41912]
    5. D.D. Kosambi / ?
      [Option ID = 41913]
    Correct Answer :-
    • D.D. Kosambi /? ?

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      [Option ID = 41913]
  16. Who is the author of the book The Millenial Sovereign?
    [Question ID = 10480]
    1. Sanjay Subhramanyam/? ?
      [Option ID = 41914]
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    3. Clifford Geertz/ ? ?
      [Option ID = 41915]
    4. Afzar Moin/? ?
      [Option ID = 41916]
    5. Sheldon Pollock / ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41917]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Afzar Moin/? ?
      [Option ID = 41916]
  17. Which historian used the phrase 'moral economy' to denote cultural rules that express such obligations and entitlements:

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    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? "? ?" ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10481]
    1. Immanuel Wallerstein / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41918]
    2. E. P. Thompson/?.?. ?
      [Option ID = 41919]
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    4. James C. Scott / ? ?. ?
      [Option ID = 41920]
    5. Maurice Dobb/? ?
      [Option ID = 41921]
    Correct Answer :-
    • E. P. Thompson/?.?. ?

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      [Option ID = 41919]
  18. Fawa'id al-Fu'ad is related to whom:
    ?-?-? ? ? ? ?:
    [Question ID = 10482]
    1. Isami/?

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      [Option ID = 41922]
    2. Hamid Qalandar / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41923]
    3. Minhaj-us-Siraj / ?-?-?
      [Option ID = 41924]
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    5. None of these / ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41925]
    Correct Answer :-
    • None of these / ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41925]
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  20. Which of the following is the correct relation between the two?
    Assertion (A): John Locke offers a strong defence of the principle of private property.
    Reason (R): Locke's theory of social contract favours 'limited government.'
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    ? A: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? www.FirstRanker.com

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    ? R: ? ? ? ? ? ? '?' ? ? ? ?
    [Option ID = 41926]
    1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation for A./(A) ? (R) ? ? ? ? (R), (A) ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41926]
    2. Both (A) and (R) are correct; but R is not the correct explanation for A. / (A) ? (R) ? ? ?, ? (R), (A) ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41927]
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    4. (A) is correct but (R) is wrong. / (A) ? ? ? (R) ? ?
      [Option ID = 41928]
    5. Both (A) and (R) are wrong. / (A) ? (R) ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41929]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Both (A) and (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation for A./(A) ? (R) ? ? ? ? (R), (A) ? ? ? ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41926]
  21. Who wrote "Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature"?
    "? ? ? ? ? ? " ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10484]
    1. Jean Baudrillard/? ?

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      [Option ID = 41930]
    2. Fredric Jameson/? ?
      [Option ID = 41931]
    3. Douglas Kellner / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41932]
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    5. Richard Rorty/? ?
      [Option ID = 41933]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Richard Rorty/? ?
      [Option ID = 41933]
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  23. Of the under-mentioned modern scholars, who has suggested that the secular governing principles of the state must be privileged over religious beliefs in a multi-religious society?
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?-? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10486]
    1. Akeel Bilgrami/? ?
      [Option ID = 41938]
    2. Daud Ali/? ?

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      [Option ID = 41939]
    3. Cynthia Talbot / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41940]
    4. Catherine B. Asher / ?. ?
      [Option ID = 41941]
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    Correct Answer :-
    • Akeel Bilgrami/? ?
      [Option ID = 41938]
  24. Which among the following historians has talked about "regional identity that merged linguistic and political affiliation" under the Kakatiyas?
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? "? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?" ? ? ? ?

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    [Question ID = 10487]
    1. Deryck O. Lodreick/? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41942]
    2. Herman Kulke / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41943]
    3. Richard Eaton / ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41944]
    4. Cynthia Talbot/? ?
      [Option ID = 41945]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Cynthia Talbot/? ?
      [Option ID = 41945]
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  25. Which one of the following steps was not taken by Mir Kasim immediately after becoming the Nawab of Bengal?
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10488]
    1. Shifting the capital from Murshidabad to Munger / ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41946]
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    3. Abolishing the system of dastak/? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41947]
    4. Re-modelling his army to enhance its skill and efficiency / ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41949]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Abolishing the system of dastak/? ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41947]
  26. Which of the following Bengal nawabs collected revenue directly through ijaradars ?
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10489]
    1. Aliwardi Khan / ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41950]
    2. Murshid Quli Khan /? ?
      [Option ID = 41951]
    3. Shujauddin / ?
      [Option ID = 41952]
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    5. Sarfaraz Khan / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41953]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Shujauddin/?
      [Option ID = 41952]
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  28. Which of the following historians has written about the Guhilas in Mewar during eleventh to thirteenth century?
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10490]
    1. Nandini Sinha Kapur/? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41954]
    2. Cynthia Talbot/? ?

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      [Option ID = 41955]
    3. Ramya Sreenivasan/ ? ?
      [Option ID = 41956]
    4. Herman Kulke / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41957]
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    Correct Answer :-
    • Nandini Sinha Kapur/? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41954]
  29. The Prayaga pillar contains inscriptions giving information about
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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    [Question ID = 10491]
    1. Chandragupta Maurya and Samudragupta / ? ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41958]
    2. Ashoka and Samudragupta / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41959]
    3. Damodargupta and Harsha / ? ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41960]
    4. Ashoka and Chandragupta Vikramaditya / ? ? ?
      [Option ID = 41961]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Ashoka and Samudragupta / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41959]
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  30. The portrait representation of Asoka has been discovered from:
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?:
    [Question ID = 10492]
    1. Kanaganahalli /?
      [Option ID = 41962]
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    3. Sanchi/?
      [Option ID = 41963]
    4. Sanganakallu / ?
      [Option ID = 41964]
    5. Sannati/?

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      [Option ID = 41965]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Kanaganahalli /?
      [Option ID = 41962]
  31. In 'Milind Panha' we find the debate between the king Milind and which one of the Buddhist priest.?

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    ?' ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10494]
    1. agosha / ?
      [Option ID = 41970]
    2. sena- / ?
      [Option ID = 41972]
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    4. Devadatta/? ?
      [Option ID = 41971]
    Correct Answer :-
    • Nagasena / ?
      [Option ID = 41972]
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  33. Who was associated with Nagri Movement?
    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    [Question ID = 10496]
    1. Raja Shivprasad / ? ?
      [Option ID = 41978]
    2. Mahatma Gandhi / ? ?

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      [Option ID = 41979]
    3. Jawaharlal Nehru/? ?
      [Option ID = 41980]
    4. Prem Chand/?
      [Option ID = 419

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