1. Arrange the
following in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes
given below:
(i) Conquest of
Orissa by Akbar.
(ii) Introduction
of Dagh system.
(iii) Creation of
the twelve Subahs (provinces)
(iv) Introduction
of the dual rank (the Zat and the Sawar)
Codes:
(A) (iii) (i)
(ii) (iv)
(B) (i) (iii)
(iv) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii)
(i) (iv)
(D) (iii) (iv)
(i) (ii)
2. Who among the
following painters were considered by Jahangir as masters without rival in
their particular spheres?
(i) Abul Hasan
(ii) Bishan Das
(iii) Ustad
Mansur
(iv) Manohar
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (i), (ii),
(iv)
(B) (i), (iii)
(C) (ii), (iv)
(D) (i), (iii),
(iv)
3. Which of the
following States of North-East India was/were invaded by the Mughals?
(i) The Dimasa
(ii) The Meitei
(iii) The Ahom
(iv) The Koch
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) (i) and (iii)
(B) (ii)
(C) (iii) and
(iv)
(D) (i), (ii),
(iii)
4. Consider the
following statements:
Assertion (A):
Balban’s Theory of Kingship was based on the policy of ‘Blood and Iron’.
Reason (R): The
prestige of the crown was undermined under the successors of Iltutmish.
Answer the
question from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (A) is
correct and (R) is wrong.
(B) Both (A) and
(R) are correct. (R)i s the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is
incorrect and (R) is correct. (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is correct
and (R) is incorrect. (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
5. Who amongst
the following legalised corruption in the land revenue department?
(A) Firozshah
Tughlaq
(B) Sher Shah
(C) Malik Ambar
(D) None of the
above
6. Given below
are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled
as Reason (R):
Assertion (A):
There is no reliable chronology of events concerning the reign of Humayun,
including his own movements.
Reason (R): The
proper study of the chronology of events indicates that the so-called periods
of Humayun’s inactivity were much briefer than have been visualized.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) Both (A) and
(R) are correct and(R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) (A) is
correct, but (R) is false.
(C) Both (A) and
(R) are correct and(R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both (A) and
(R) are false.
7. Why was the
‘Double Dome’ used in the Indo-Islamic architecture?
(A) To strengthen
the buildings.
(B) To give
cooling effect inside the building.
(C) To provide
height to the buildings.
(D) For the
purpose of beauty.
8. What is the
main contribution of ‘Tasawwuf’ in India
(A) Service to
Islam
(B) Service to
humanity
(C) Influencing
the Medieval Bhakti Movement
(D) Propagate the
theory of ‘Wahadat-ul-Wajud’.
9. What was
‘Shahrukhi’ coin in circulation during the Muslim period?
(A) A gold coin
(B) A silver coin
(C) A copper coin
(D) None of the
above
10. Which one of
the following is not the characteristic of Mughal painting?
(A) Inclusion of
spiritual and mystic elements.
(B) Basically for
the propagation of Islam.
(C) Portrait and
miniature.
(D) Courtly and
aristocratic
11. Find out the
statement from below which is not correct?
(A) The Maratha
polity under Peshwas got transformed into a close confederacy.
(B) The Peshwa
created a new class of Sardars in the Swaraj area.
(C) The office of
Peshwa became hereditary.
(D) Originally
the Peshwa did not belong to the royal council.
12. In the
context of the cultural and Ideological framework of the Mughal State
(A) Throughout
the Mughal period there had been a constant process of reconciliation and
adjustment between the central power and the regional elite.
(B) Because of
decentralization during the 18th century a group of ‘upstarts’ came up to
monopolize the resources of the empire.
(C) The Mughal
process of centralisation left no space for existence of rival principles of
organisation.
(D) Possibilities
for diffusion of power had always been there in Mughal India
13. Which one of
the following statements regarding Abul Fazl’s Akbarnāma is not true?
(A) He usually
does not refer to his sources.
(B) He makes some
crude observations.
(C) He does not
make generalizations.
(D) He is never
secular.
14. What was the
title of the British Museum Baburnāma manuscript translated into English by
Mrs. A.S.Beveridge?
(A) Baburnāma
(B)
Waqyāt-i-Baburi
(C)
Tuzuk-i-Baburi
(D) None of the
above
15. Who was the Governor of Madras in
1661?
(A) Fox Croft
(B) Streynsham
(C) Gerald Aungier
(D) Charles Boone
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