History Sample Paper for Civil Service Exams

History Sample Paper for Civil Service Exams

Objective History Solved Test Paper

1. Which one of the following places is known as its monumental temple architecture?

(A) Arikkamedu

(B) Amaravati

(C) Gangaikondacholapuram

(D) Uttiramerur

Ans. (C)

2. The Satnamis who rebelled in the time of Aurangazeb and occupied the town of Narnaul were followers of —

(A) Kabir

(B) Dadu

(C) Guru Nanak

(D) Ravidas

Ans. (B)

3. The first translator of Mahabharata into Tamil was —

(A) Perundevanar

(B) Kamban

(C) Sundaramurthi

(D) Bharavi

Ans. (A)

4. The Chola inscriptions are found in the following languages —

1. Sanskrit

2. Telugu

3. Tamil

4. Kannada

Their correct sequence in terms of the extent to which they were used (most frequent first, least frequent last) is —

(A) 1, 3, 4, 2

(B) 3, 1, 4, 2

(C) 1, 3, 2, 4

(D) 3, 1, 2, 4

Ans. (D)

5. “When he attained kingship, he was quite independent of the rules and orders of the Shariat.”

Ziauddin Barani made the above statement regarding —

(A) Iltutmish

(B) Alauddin Khalji

(C) Mubarak Khalji

(D) Muhammad Tughlaq

Ans. (B)

6. Who among the following were prominent members of the Nirguna cult of Bhakti Marg?

1. Kabir

2. Nanak

3. Raidas

4. Mira

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Codes:

(A) 2 and 3

(B) 1, 2 and 3

(C) 1, 3 and 4

(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Ans. (B)

7. The Turqs brought with them musical instruments:

(A) Rabab and Sarangi

(B) Sitar and Flute

(C) Veena and Table

(D) Tanpura and Mridanga

Ans. (A)

8. Ramanuja was obliged to leave Srirangam owing to the hostility of —

(A) Rajaraja

(B) Rajendra Choladeva-I

(C) Adhirajendra

(D) Kulottunga-I

Ans. (D)

9. The present Vrindaban near Mathura was identified as such by —

(A) Chaitanya

(B) Mirabai

(C) Vallabhacharya

(D) Jiv Goswami

Ans. (D)

10. Which one of the following communities received special privileges during the Regency of Aliya Ramaraya?

(A) Brahmanas

(B) Barbers

(C) Weavers

(D) Artisans

Ans. (B)

11. Consider the following saints —

1. Shri Chaitanya

2. Lalla Dev

3. Nambi Andar

4. Tulsidas

5. Ramanuja

Who among these were Vaishnavite saints?

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 2, 3 and 4

(C) 1, 4 and 5

(D) 3, 4 and 5

Ans. (C)

12. Who among the following was an Alvar saints?

(A) Appar

(B) Kulasekhara

(C) Sambandar

(D) Venkatanatha

Ans. (B)

13. The Brehadeshvara temple was built by —

(A) Rajaraja

(B) Rajendra Chola

(C) Vira Rajendra

(D) Kulottunga

Ans. (A)

14. The Telugu version of the Mahabharata was completed in the thirteenth century by —

(A) Pampa

(B) Tikkanna

(C) Kambana

(D) Nanniah

Ans. (B)

15. Firdausi was the Poet laureate at the court of —

(A) Mohd. Ghori

(B) Jaipal

(C) Mahmud Ghaznavi

(D) None of these

Ans. (C)

16. Which one of the following Chaityas is circular?

(A) Bhaja

(B) Bidsa

(C) Junnar

(D) Karle

Ans. (A)

17. “So complete was the ruin that not a cat or dog was left among the buildings of the city, in its palace or its suburbs.”

The above statement about the transfer of capital by Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq was made by —

(A) Amir Khusrau

(B) Isami

(C) Ibn Battuta

(D) Ziauddin Barani

Ans. (D)

18. Who among the following had written a treatise on fanciful technological devices?

(A) Bhoja

(B) Govindraja

(C) Chandravarman

(D) Mahipala

Ans. (C)

19. Yahiya Sirhindi, the author of Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi, lived during the period of —

(A) Lodis

(B) Saiyadas

(C) Tughlaqs

(D) Khaljis

Ans. (B)

20. Which one of the following Sufi Saints saw the rule of seven Sultans but visited the court of none?

(A) Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

(B) Baba Farid-ud-din Chishti

(C) Shaikh Nizamuddin Chishti

(D) Nasiruddin ‘Chiragh’ Delhvi

Ans. (C)

21. The contemporary source that provides satisfitical data immensely valuable to the study of economy of the Mughal Empire is

the —

(A) Tabaqat-i-Akbari

(B) Ain-i-Akbari

(C) Tuhfah-i-Akbarshahi

(D) Badshahnama

Ans. (B)

22. Sultan Balban was devoted to —

(A) Kaki

(B) Baba Farid

(C) Khwaja Muin-uddin chisti

(D) Shaikh aulia

Ans. (B)

23. Consider the following statements:

Alberuni’s Kitab-ul-Hind is —

1. A sympathic study of Indian civilisation.

2. Mainly a political history of India.

3. Critical of Mahmud Ghaznavi’ s plundering raids of India.

4. Mainly a study of India’s cultural, social and intellectual history.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

(A) 1, 3 and 4

(B) 1 and 4

(C) 2 and 4

(D) Alone

Ans. (A)

24. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

(A) Kabir : Surdas

(B) Gurunanak : Ramananda

(C) Chaitanya : Haridas

(D) Ramanuja : Namdev

Ans. (C)

25. An area which was relatively neglected by the Hindus, but where Muslim writers showed their skill, was —

(A) Logic

(B) Musicology

(C) Astronomy

(D) History

Ans. (D)