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Free Online UPSC,IAS Indian History GK Paper

Free Online UPSC,IAS Indian History GK Paper

Objective Solved Indian History Paper

1. Which of the following terms were used to refer to rural land holders in Eastern India during the Gupta period?

(1) Agraharin

(2) Kutumbin

(3) Mahaltara

(4) Bhogika

(A) 1, 2

(B) 3, 4

(C) 1, 4

(D) 2, 3

Ans. (D)

2. “Service was his portion in life.” This was applicable to —

(A) Buddhist Bhikshu

(B) Vaishya varna

(C) Sudra varna

(D) Chanela

Ans. (C)

3. The celebrated author Kshemendra lived in —

(A) Bengal

(B) Kashmir

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Gujrat

Ans. (B)

4. Which of the following was not responsible for the down fall of the Tughlaq Empire?

(A) Firoz Tughlaq’s religious policy

(B) Firoz Tughlaq’s policy of reviving the feudal system

(C) Firoz Tughlaq’s revenue system

(D) The invasion of Timur

Ans. (C)

5. Dhavanyaloka is —

(A) An epic poem

(B) A work on poetics

(C) A play

(D) A work on Buddhist epistemology

Ans. (B)

6. According to Brihaspati the grades of artisans were —

(A) Two

(B) Four

(C) Six

(D) Eight

Ans. (C)

7. Which of the following is correct?

(A) The Sultan of Delhi patronised painting

(B) The Sultan of Delhi patronised music

(C) The Sultan of Delhi patronised Islamic learning

(D) The Sultan of Delhi patronised sculpture

Ans. (C)

8. Which one of the following statements regarding the stupa is incorrect?

(A) It has an umbrella at the top

(B) It has a Sanctum sanctorum

(C) It has a circumbulatory path (Pradakshina patha)

(D) It has a fence surrounding it

Ans. (B)

9. ‘The council of nine gems’ is associated with the name of —

(A) Harshavardhana

(B) Chandragupta II

(C) Samudragupta

(D) Ashoka

Ans. (B)

10. Who was the first Muslim writer to make use of Hindi words and adopt Indian poetic imagery and themes?

(A) Hasan Nizami

(B) Amir Khusrau

(C) Abul Fazal

(D) Abdul Kadir Badauni

Ans. (B)

11. Which one of the following was the most common occupation for slaves?

(A) Agricultural labour

(B) Working in guilds

(C) Domestic service in households

(D) Settlement in newly cleared areas

Ans. (C)

12. Malik Kafur attacked first kingdom in the south—

(A) Telangana

(B) Devagiri

(C) Hoyasala

(D) Pandya

Ans. (B)

13. About how long did the tripartite struggle last?

(A) 260 years

(B) 150 years

(C) 200 years

(D) 275 years

Ans. (C)

14. Who was the author of ‘Mudrarakshasa’?

(A) Visakhadatta

(B) Vishnu Sharma

(C) Kautilya

(D) Patanjali

Ans. (A)

15. The head of district during Mughal rule was called—

(A) Iqtadar

(C) Shiqdar

(B) Faujdar

(D) Subedar

Ans. (B)

16. During the post-Gupta period ownership of land was vested in—

(A) The States

(B) The Zamidaras

(C) The Village assemblies

(D) The Peasants

Ans. (B)

17. Main feature of Gupta administration was—

(A) Centralisation

(B) Decentralisation

(C) Organised Bureaucracy

(D) Many high officers

Ans. (B)

18. ‘Malfuz’ is a class literature dealing with—

(A) Social life

(B) Economic life

(C) Political life

(D) King’s life

Ans. (D)

19. Gupta ruler revived one of the following religions —

(A) Vedic

(B) Bhagvatism

(C) Buddhism

(D) Jainism

Ans. (B)

20. Mathematics was treated as a distinct subject by —

(A) Brahamagupta

(B) Varahamihira

(C) Vijayanandin

(D) Aryabhatta

Ans. (D)

21. “The stress of personal misery and the sense of humiliation caused by the inglorious condition of his people deeply affected his sensitive soul.” Who wrote so about Iazrat Mohammad?

(A) Abu Talib

(B) Dr. Iswari Prashad

(C) Dr. Tara Chand

(D) Dr. V.A. Smith

Ans. (B)

22. Iron pillar near Qutub Minar was constructed by —

(A) Samudragupta

(B) Ramagupta

(C) Chandragupta II

(D) Skandagupta II

Ans. (C)

23. Export-trade in pre-Gupta age was mostextensive with—

(A) South East-Asia

(B) China

(C) Central Asia

(D) Roman Empire

Ans. (D)

24. Firoz charged only those taxes which had the sanction of Islamic laws with the exception of—

(A) Zakat

(B) Trade tax

(C) Irrigation Tax

(D) Khams

Ans. (C)

25. Which city during Hieun-Tsang visit to India was famous for cotton cloth?

(A) Banaras

(B) Patliputra

(C) Mathura

(D) Kanchi

Ans. (C)

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