1. According to Al-Beruni, the antyajas
were
(A) Hadi, Dom and Chandala caste of
people
(B) Prostitutes
(C) Eight guilds of people below the
Sudras
(D) Foreigners
2. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List –
I
List – II
(Term) (Meaning)
(a) Jajamani system
(i) Cultivable land
(b) Kakini (ii) Land measurement
(c) Kshetra (iii) Remuneration paid in kind for services
(d) Nivartana
(iv) Copper coin
Codes:
(a)
(b) (c)
(d)
(A) (i)
(iii)
(ii) (iv)
(B) (ii)
(iv) (i)
(iii)
(C) (iii)
(iv) (i)
(ii)
(D) (iv)
(ii) (iii)
(i)
3. Match the List – I with List – II and
select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Author) (Work)
a. Mammata
i. Kumarapalacharita
b. Sandhyakara Nandi
ii. Ramacharita
c. Hemachandra iii. Kavyaprakasha
d. Bhatti
iv. Ravanavadha
Codes:
a
b
c
d
(A) i
ii
iv
iii
(B) ii
iv
iii
i
(C) iii
ii
i
iv
(D) iv
iii
ii
i
4. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Subinfeudation gave rise
to a hierarchy of landlords, different from the actual tillers of the soil.
Reason (R): From 8th century onwards,
hierarchical control over land was created by large scale sub infeudation.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is
the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is
not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
5. Match List-I with List-II and select
the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(a) Kirtivarman (i) Vatapi
(b) Simhavishnu (ii) Tanjaur
(c) Dantivarman (iii) Kanchipuram
(d) Vijayalaya (iv) Manyekheta
Codes:
(a)
(b) (c) (d)
(A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
6. In which one of the following ancient
literary works a separate section of painting is found?
(A) Panchasiddhantika
(B) Vishnudharmottara Purana
(C) Panchatantra
(D) Natyashastra
7. Which one of the following was the
revenue officer of the Chola dynasty?
(A) Aulnayak
(B) Sherundaram
(C) Varitppottagakka
(D) Perumakkal
8. Match List – I (Archaeological Site)
with List – II (Identification) and select the correct answer with the help of
the code given below:
List – I List – II
(Archaeological Site)
(Identification)
(a)
Bagore (i) Chalcolithic site of Madhya Pradesh
(b)
Brahmagiri (ii)
Megalithic site of Karnataka
(c)
Maheshwara (iii) Mesolithic site of Rajasthan
(d) Tekkalakota (iv) Neolithic site of Karnataka
Codes:
(a)
(b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
9. Which proto-historic site has yielded
the evidence of threads of raw silk?
(A) Ahar
(B) Inamgaon
(C) Navadatoli
(D) Nevasa
10. Match List – I (Vedic rivers) with
List – II (Present counterparts) and select the correct answer with the help of
the code given below:
List –
I List – II
(Vedic Rivers) (Present
Counterparts)
(a)
Vipas (i) Jhelum
(b) Paru.s. ni
(ii) Ravi
(c)
Vitasta (iii) Beas
(d)
Sutudri (iv) Sutlej
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(C) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
11. The BoghazKeui inscription from Asia Minor refers to the following Vedic deities:
(A) Indra, Varu. na, Agni and Surya
(B) Indra, Varu. na, Mitra and Agni
(C) Indra, Mitra, Varu. na and Nasatyas
(D) Indra, Mitra, Dyuas and Nasatyas
12. To which of the following tribes did
King Sudasa, described in the. Rig-Veda as having defeated ten Kings, belong?
(A) Anu
(B) Druhyu
(C) Tritsu
(D) Yadu
13. Given below are two statements, one
labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): The Greek historian
Herodotus tells us that ‘India
was the twentieth and most prosperous satrapy (province) of the Persian empire ’.
Reason (R): By the time of Alexander’s
invasion (327-326 B.C.) all the Persian impact on India had become non-existent.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is
the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is
not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
14. Who had made the following statement?
‘Bhagavapi Khatrioahampikhatrio’
(Bhagawan [Buddha] was a Kshatriya I too am a kshatriya).
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Prasenjit
(C) Ajatasatru
(D) Sisunaga
15. Which one of the following Sangam
poets has mentioned about the hoarded wealth of the rulers of the Nanda
dynasty?
(A) Avvaiyar
(B) Mamulanar
(C) Parnar
(D) Ilango Adigal
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