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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
who is the author of Pritvirajavijaya? |
| A. | kautilya |
| B. | jayanaka |
| C. | amarasimha |
| D. | kalhana |
| Answer» C. amarasimha | |
| 2. |
Feristha serves as a historian under the . a. Khiljis b. Lodis c. Mughals d. Adil Shahis. 37. who wrote the Vikramangadevacharita ? |
| A. | kalhana |
| B. | sudraka |
| C. | bilhana |
| D. | atula. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
Who is the father of Indology? |
| A. | james mill |
| B. | jonathan duncan |
| C. | william bentick |
| D. | anil seal |
| Answer» B. jonathan duncan | |
| 4. |
Who is the author of Asoka: The Buddhist Emperor of India? |
| A. | william jones |
| B. | alexander cunningham |
| C. | v. a. smith |
| D. | herman hesse |
| Answer» D. herman hesse | |
| 5. |
What was the nationality of max muller? |
| A. | french |
| B. | english |
| C. | german |
| D. | polish |
| Answer» D. polish | |
| 6. |
Which historian among the following was a member of Indian Civil Services? |
| A. | r.c. majumdar |
| B. | r. c. dutt |
| C. | irfan habib |
| D. | d. n. jha |
| Answer» C. irfan habib | |
| 7. |
The Indus Valley Civilisation is a civilisation. |
| A. | iron age |
| B. | palaeolithic |
| C. | bronze age |
| D. | mesolithic |
| Answer» D. mesolithic | |
| 8. |
Who among the following is a nationalist historian? |
| A. | k. p. jayaswal |
| B. | irfan habib |
| C. | bipan chandra |
| D. | d. n. jha |
| Answer» B. irfan habib | |
| 9. |
Mandala IX of Rigveda is dedicated to which God? |
| A. | soma |
| B. | agni |
| C. | indra |
| D. | varuna |
| Answer» B. agni | |
| 10. |
Author of Harshacharita ? |
| A. | harsha |
| B. | kalidasa |
| C. | bana bhatta |
| D. | vagbhata |
| Answer» D. vagbhata | |
| 11. |
When was the Asiatic Society of Bengal was formed? |
| A. | 1784 |
| B. | 1788 |
| C. | 1885 |
| D. | 1761 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
which of the following distinguish the Vedic Aryans form the Indus people? |
| A. | belief in supernatural powers |
| B. | cultivation of land |
| C. | domestication of animals |
| D. | use of iron |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Who is the author of Asoka and the Decline of Mauryas ? |
| A. | bipan chandra |
| B. | r. c. majumdar |
| C. | romila thapar |
| D. | satish chandra |
| Answer» D. satish chandra | |
| 14. |
Who wrote Urban Decay in India? |
| A. | r.s.sharma |
| B. | ranajith guha |
| C. | n.jha d. romila thapar |
| Answer» B. ranajith guha | |
| 15. |
According to D.D.Kosambi, interpretation of myths is , in order to studyearly cultures. |
| A. | unnecessary |
| B. | irrelevant |
| C. | necessary |
| D. | a burden |
| Answer» D. a burden | |
| 16. |
Who coined the term Hydraulic civilisations? |
| A. | karl marx |
| B. | e. h. carr |
| C. | karl wittfogel |
| D. | arnold toynbee. |
| Answer» D. arnold toynbee. | |
| 17. |
Which historian brought out the interdisciplinary method to study ancient indianhistory? |
| A. | r.c. majumdar |
| B. | d.d. kosambi |
| C. | r.s.sharma |
| D. | d.n.jha |
| Answer» C. r.s.sharma | |
| 18. |
Which among the following is true about a Hydraulic Society? |
| A. | societies with lucid social bonds |
| B. | societies based on large scale irrigation |
| C. | liberal society |
| D. | society inclined towards criminality |
| Answer» C. liberal society | |
| 19. |
Which among the following languages is not a member of Indoeuropean category? |
| A. | english |
| B. | italian |
| C. | german |
| D. | tamil |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Which among the following was regarded as a form of wealth during the vedic age? |
| A. | gold |
| B. | vedas |
| C. | cattle |
| D. | land. |
| Answer» D. land. | |
| 21. |
According to Aryans, the indegenous people of india were |
| A. | rakshasa |
| B. | dasas and dasyus |
| C. | dravida |
| D. | kshatriya |
| Answer» C. dravida | |
| 22. |
According to Aryan Invasion Theory, where did the Aryans initially settled in India? |
| A. | bihar |
| B. | punjab |
| C. | gujarat |
| D. | u.p |
| Answer» C. gujarat | |
| 23. |
GHG stands for |
| A. | green house grant |
| B. | green house gas |
| C. | geographical house grant |
| D. | green hosting gear |
| Answer» C. geographical house grant | |
| 24. |
Who is the author of The Agrarian System of Mughal India ? |
| A. | irfan habib |
| B. | d.n.jha |
| C. | r.s.sharma |
| D. | romila thapar. |
| Answer» B. d.n.jha | |
| 25. |
Who is the author of the book An Introduction to the Study of History ? |
| A. | d.d.kosambi |
| B. | r.s.sharma |
| C. | romila thapar |
| D. | james mill. |
| Answer» B. r.s.sharma | |
| 26. |
Subaltern studies first appeared as a revision of the historical narratives of whichcountry? |
| A. | afghanistan |
| B. | vietnam |
| C. | india |
| D. | chile |
| Answer» D. chile | |
| 27. |
In which year the firsr edited volume of subaltern studies came out? |
| A. | 1982 |
| B. | 1987 |
| C. | 1996 |
| D. | 2001 |
| Answer» B. 1987 | |
| 28. |
Who is the author of The Emergence of Indian Nationalism: Competition andCollaboration in the Later Nineteenth Century |
| A. | john gallaghar |
| B. | ronald robinson |
| C. | anil seal |
| D. | gordon johnson |
| Answer» D. gordon johnson | |
| 29. |
Who are the subaltern? |
| A. | any people with hegemonic power |
| B. | any person of south asian descent |
| C. | people relegated to inferior rank or status |
| D. | historians |
| Answer» D. historians | |
| 30. |
Who among the following is associated with Cambrodge School of Histroiography? |
| A. | ranajith guha |
| B. | r.s. sharma |
| C. | anil seal |
| D. | rachel carlson |
| Answer» D. rachel carlson | |
| 31. |
According to the Cambridge interpretation, the roots of politics lay in |
| A. | localities like district, the municipality, the village. |
| B. | intellectual forums |
| C. | consciouness of the people |
| D. | history |
| Answer» B. intellectual forums | |
| 32. |
According to C.A.Bayly, groups having allegience to a powerful patron is called |
| A. | subaltern |
| B. | subgroup |
| C. | connexions |
| D. | contributors |
| Answer» D. contributors | |
| 33. |
In which year the Government of India liberalised its economy? |
| A. | 1995 |
| B. | 1991 |
| C. | 1969 |
| D. | 1951 |
| Answer» C. 1969 | |
| 34. |
In which year the Chipko Movement began? |
| A. | 1970 |
| B. | 1982 |
| C. | 1992 |
| D. | 1973 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
Who wrote the book Economy of Permanence? |
| A. | m.k.gandhi |
| B. | sundarlal bahuguna |
| C. | j.c. kumarappa |
| D. | k.m.munshi |
| Answer» D. k.m.munshi | |
| 36. |
Who among the following is the author of Silent Spring? |
| A. | ramachandra guha |
| B. | rachel carlson |
| C. | john muir |
| D. | j. c. kumarappa. |
| Answer» C. john muir | |
| 37. |
Romaila Thapar was the student of _____ |
| A. | Basham |
| B. | Bipan Chandra |
| C. | Eric Hobsbawm |
| D. | Kosambi |
| Answer» B. Bipan Chandra | |
| 38. |
Which among the following is not a work of Romila Thapar? |
| A. | Past and Prejudice b) Lineage to State |
| B. | |
| C. | Knowing India |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
Mushakavamsa Kavya was written in_______ |
| A. | 10th century |
| B. | 11th Century |
| C. | 12th Century |
| D. | 9th Century |
| Answer» C. 12th Century | |
| 40. |
Tarikh –i- ferishta was written as per the instructions of which ruler? |
| A. | nizam shah |
| B. | Muhammad Bin Tuglaq |
| C. | Akbar |
| D. | Ibrahim Adil shah |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Which author translated Bhagavad-Gita from Sanskrit to Persian? |
| A. | Bana |
| B. | Abul Fazal |
| C. | Kalhana |
| D. | Vyasa |
| Answer» C. Kalhana | |
| 42. |
Ain i Akbari is the _________ part of Akbarnama |
| A. | First |
| B. | Third |
| C. | Second |
| D. | Fourth |
| Answer» C. Second | |
| 43. |
The book Akbarnama was written by _____________ |
| A. | Abul Fazal |
| B. | Athula |
| C. | Kalhana |
| D. | Bana |
| Answer» B. Athula | |
| 44. |
Abul Fazal was a historian in the court of _______ |
| A. | Khalji |
| B. | Mughals |
| C. | satavahanas |
| D. | Mauryas |
| Answer» C. satavahanas | |
| 45. |
Rajatarangini is the chronicle on the kings of __________ |
| A. | Kashmir |
| B. | Kerala |
| C. | Delhi |
| D. | Karnataka |
| Answer» B. Kerala | |
| 46. |
Fatwa-i-Jahandari is written in which language? |
| A. | Arabic |
| B. | Hindi |
| C. | Persian |
| D. | Sanskrit |
| Answer» D. Sanskrit | |
| 47. |
“only a poet can bring the past with the eye of his mind, by divine intuition”, whose statement is this? |
| A. | Bana |
| B. | Kalhana |
| C. | Athula |
| D. | Jayanga |
| Answer» C. Athula | |
| 48. |
Zia Ud Din Barani served as an adviser to Sultan ______ |
| A. | Firoz sha Tuglaq |
| B. | jalaludhin Khalji |
| C. | Ghiyasudhin Thughlaq |
| D. | Muhammed bin Thuglaq |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Mushakavamsa Kavya deals with the dynastic history of the rulers of which region? |
| A. | Valluvanadu |
| B. | Thiruvitamkur |
| C. | Kolothunadu |
| D. | Venadu |
| Answer» D. Venadu | |
| 50. |
___________ is considered as the first historical chronicle of Kerala. |
| A. | Rajatarangini |
| B. | Harshacharita |
| C. | Prithviraja vijaya |
| D. | Mushakavamsa kavya |
| Answer» E. | |