Madhya Pradesh P.S.C. (Pre.) Exam., 2012 of Indian History

Madhya Pradesh P.S.C. (Pre.) Exam., 2012
(Held on 20-2-2011)
Indian History
(Ans. Is Bold)

1. Where is the Indus Civilization city Lothal?

1. Gujarat
2. Rajasthan
3. Punjab
4. Haryana

2. Mohenjo Daro is situated in—

1. Sindh province of Pakistan
2. Gujarat
3. Punjab
4. Afghanistan

3. Which deity was not worshipped by the Vedic Aryans?

1. Indra
2. Marut
3. Varun
4. Pashupati

4. The Vedanga consists of the—

1. Kalp, Shiksha, Nirukta, Vyakaran, Chhanda, Jyotish
2. Kalp, Shiksha, Brahman, Vyakaran, Chhanda, Jyotish
3. Kalp, Shiksha, Nirukta, Aranyak, Chhanda, Jyotish
4. Kalp, Upanishad, Nirukta, Aranyak, Chhanda, Jyotish

5. The earliest available work of the Sangam Tamils is—

1. Pattinappalai
2. Tirumurugarruppadai
3. Maduraikanchi
4. Tolkappiyam

6. The Mahavir belonged to the clan—

1. Kalams
2. Bhaggas
3. Lichhivis
4. Bulis

7. The Jain text which contains the biographies of the Tirthankaras in known as—

1. Bhagwatisutra
2. Uvasagadasao
3. Adi Purana
4. Kalpasutra

8. The first Buddhist Sangeeti (Conference) was held at—

1. Vaishali
2. Pataliputra
3. Rajgriha
4. Ujjain

9. The Propounder of the Madhya mike Philosophy was

1. Bhadrabahu
2. Parshwanath
3. Sheelbhadra
4. Nagarjuna

10. The rules of Buddhist monistic life are laid down, primarily in—

1. Tripitaka
2. Vinayapitaka
3. Abhidhammapitaka
4. Suttapitaka

11. The battle between Alexander and Porus took place on the bank of river—

1. Sutlej
2. Ravi
3. Jhelum
4. Ganga

12. The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian Territory was—

1. Cyrus
2. Darius I
3. Cambyses
4. Xerxes

13. Alexander remained in India for—

1. 29 Month
2. 39 Month
3. 19 Month
4. 10 Month

14. Gedrosia corresponds modern—

1. Baluchistan
2. Lahore
3. Multan
4. Peshawar

15. Which of the following statements is not true?

1. Formal accession of Asoka was very probably delayed
2. The fifth rock edict proves the existence of Harems of Asoka’s brothers
3. Asoka held the Viceroyalty of Taxila and ujjain in the reign of Bindusara
4. Asoka was the younger brother of Bindusara

16. The nirvasita (excluded) and anirvasita (not excluded) Shudras have been referred to—

1. In the Nirukta of Yaska
2. In the Ashtadhyayi of Panini
3. In the Arthashastra of Kautila
4. None of the above

17. The first translator of Mahabharata into Tamil was—

1. Perundevanar
2. Kamban
3. Sundaramurti
4. Bharavi

18. Which one of the following inscriptions of Asoka refers to the grant of concession in land revenue to a village?

1. Lumbini piller edict
2. Sarnath piller edict
3. Girnar Rock edict
4. Sanchi Piller edict

19. Who of the following was not a patron of Jainism?

1. Bimbisara
2. Kharvela
3. Kanishka
4. Chandragupta Maurya

20. Who was the ambassador in the Court of Bindusara?

1. Machiavelli
2. Megasthenes
3. Deimachus
4. Antiochus I

21. To propagate his Dhamma, Asoka used the services of—

1. Rajukas
2. Pradeshikas
3. Yuktas
4. All of these

22. The last king mauryan empire was—

1. Devavarman
2. Brihadrath
3. Kunala
4. Shalishuk

23. The historian kalhan was—

1. Buddhist
2. Brahmin
3. Jain
4. None of these

24. Founder of the Satvahana dynasty was—

1. Shatkarni I
2. Simuka
3. Shatkarni II
4. Rudradaman I

25. Yen-Kao-Chen is generally known as—

1. Kadphises I
2. Kadphises II
3. Kanishka
4. Vasishka

26. The writer of the ‘Kalpasutra’ was—

1. Simuka
2. Panini
3. C. Bhadrabahu
4. Patanjali

27. The writer of the ‘Brihatkatha’ was—

1. Dattamitra
2. Gudadhya
3. Bhadrabahu
4. Sarvavarman

28. According to tradition Kashyapa Motanga introduced Buddhism to—

1. China
2. Kashmir
3. Ceylon
4. Gandhar

29. Which one of the following indicates the correct chronological order of era in India?

1. Gupta- Harsha- Vikram- Shaka
2. Vikram- Harsha- Gupta- Shaka
3. Gupta- Shaka- Vikram- Harsha
4. Vikram- Shaka- Gupta- Harsha

30. During pre-Gupta period what was Kahapan?

1. An office
2. A luxury item
3. A coin
4. A port

31. Which port was known to the author of “Periplus of the Erithrian sea” as padouke?

1. Tamralipti
2. Arikmedu
3. Broach
4. Cochin

32. Chandragupta-II – married his daughter prabhavati to—

1. Rudrasene I
2. Rudrasene II
3. Agnimitra
4. Nagsena

33. Which of the following law givers of the post-Gupta period declared that Sudras were not slaves by nature?

1. Medhatithi
2. Vigynaeshwar
3. Narad
4. Jimutwahan

34. Who was the founder of Gahadwala dynasty who made Kannauj the main centre of his power?

1. Jaichandra
2. Vijaychandra
3. C. Chandradev
4. Govind

35. Which of the following Rashtrakut Kings defeated the Pratihar rural Nagabhatta I?

1. Indra II
2. Krishna III
3. Amoghvarsha I
4. Govind III

36. Who among the following rulers Patronized Jayadev, the composer of ‘Geetgovinda’?

1. Laxman Sen
2. Kharvel
3. Kumarpala
4. Shashank

37. Who out of the following ousted Jainism from Mysore?

1. Naynars
2. Lingayats
3. Alwars
4. Shankaracharya

38. Which was the word used for the royal military troops of the Cholas?

1. Kattupaddi
2. Kaikkolar
3. Bhrtaka
4. Kadgham

39. The Chola rulers undertook extensive land survey to ascertain—

1. Right of Ownership
2. Government’s share of revenue
3. Production of grains
4. Limit of the sources of irrigation

40. Which of the following taxes of Chola period was for educational purpose?

1. Devadana
2. Salabhoga
3. Brahmadeva
4. Sarvamanya

41. The writer of Tabqat-i-Nasiri was—

1. Barani
2. Nizamuddin
3. C. Minhaj-us-Siraj
4. Isami

42. The following works ware written by Ziauddin Barani—

1. Tarikh-i-Firozshahi and Qiranussadain
2. Fatwa-i-Jahandari and Ashiqa
3. Tarikh-i-Firozshahi and Fatwa-i-Jahandari
4. Futuhus-Salatin and Tarikh-i-Firozshahi

43. Which of the following books were written by Amir Khusro?

1. Ashiqa, Qiranussadain, Khazain-ul-futuh
2. Qiranussadain, Ashiqa, Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi
3. Khazainul Futuh, Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi, Ashiqa
4. Tarikh-i-Mubarakshahi, Nuh-i-Siphr, Ashiqa

44. Who Wrote ‘Qanun-i-Humayuni’?

1. Gulbadan Begum
2. Yahya
3. Khwandmir
4. Nizamuddin

45. Which of the following books was written by Ishwardas Nagar?

1. Futuhat-i-Alamgiri
2. Bir Binod
3. Chhatra Pradesh
4. Ahkam-i-Alamgiri

46. With whom of the following Muhammad Ghori aligned against Khusrau Shah?

1. King of Gujarat
2. King of Multan
3. King of Peshawar
4. King of Jammu

47. At the time of Muhammad Ghori’s invasion against Prithviraj Chouhan who of the following ruled Kannauj?

1. The Chandellas
2. The Pratihars
3. The Palas
4. The Gahadwalas

48. Who of the following contested with Qutubuddin Aibak for Punjab?

1. Ikhtiyaruddin
2. Tajuddin Yaldauz
3. Nasiruddin Qubacha
4. None of these

49. Who were the Nav Musalmans of the following?

1. 1. Descendants of Mongols who settled near Delhi and embraced Islam
   2. Hindu converts to islam
   3. Khalji Sultans
   4. IIbari Sultan

50. Who was appointed as ambassador to China during the time of Mohammad bin Tughlaq?

1. Barbosa
2. Barani
3. Ibn Batutah
4. Abdur Razzak

51.Bahlul Lodi’s significant achievement was the Successful war against the underwritten kingdom of—

1. Mewat
2. Jaunapur
3. Chandwar
4. Sambhal

52. Rulers of which kingdom built Atala Musjid and Lal Darwaza Masjid?

1. Bengal
2. Khandesh
3. Malwa
4. Jaunpur

53. Rai Bharmal wrote on Muslim Literary traditions in the following language—

1. Persian
2. Sanskrit
3. Arabic
4. Turkish

54. ‘Chaitanya Charitamrita’ was authored by—

1. Wesweshwara
2. Madhav
3. Ramanand
4. Krishnadas Kaviraj

55. Who succeeded Nizamuddun Aulia?

1. Sheikh Farid
2. Sheikh Nasiruddin Chiraghi-Delhi
3. Sheikh Salim Chishti
4. None of the above

56. Raidas, Sena and kabir were the following of—

1. Nomdeo
2. Ramanuj
3. Vallabhacharya
4. Ramanand

57. When was Vijayanagar visited by Abdurrajjak?

1. 1443
2. 1433
3. 1423
4. 1427

58. Tuluva dynasty was Founded by–

1. Narasa Nasyaka
2. Immadi  Narsimha
3. Vir Narsimha
4. None of these

59. Who founded the independent Bahamani Kingdom in South India?

1. Abu Muzaffar Alauddin Bahmanshah
2. Mujahid Shah
3. Muhammad Shah I
4. Adil Shah

60. Who founded the independent Muslim Kingdom of Malwa?

1. Hoshangshah
2. Mahmudshah
3. Nasiruddin
4. Dilawarkhan

61. Babur had three wives. Which one of the following was not his wife?

1. Maham
2. Gulrus
3. Gulbadan
4. Dilbar

62. Who was Mehdi Khwaza?

1. Ruler of Bihar
2. Prime minister of Ibrahim Lodi
3. Brother-in-law of Humayun
4. Brother of Babur

63. Humayun ascended the throne at Agra on—

1. 7^th January 1530
2. 29^th December 1530
3. 23^rd September 1530
4. 16^th February 1530

64. Which of the following statement is true of the Sher Shah Suri?

1. He was a fanatic Muslim
2. He was a staunch Muslim but not a fanatic
3. He was a staunch Muslim and ill-treated Hindus
4. He was intolerant towards other religions

65. Which out of the following was not one of the purposes of ‘Sarais’ Built during Sher Shah?

1. Post-house
2. For travelers
3. For officers
4. Warehouse for arms and ammunition

66. Who was not appointed as Vazir during Akber’s reign?

1. Bahadurkhan Uzbeg
2. Shamsuddin Atkakhan
3. Todarmal
4. Nizamuddin Khalifa

67. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?

1. Akbar-Ralph Fich
2. Darashikoh –Manucci
3. Jahangir-Sir Thomas Roe
4. Shah Jahan- Jourdon

68. Which of the following statements is true of Akbar’s policy towards the Hindus?

1. He abolished the pilgrim tax but not the Jaziya
2. He abolished the Jaziya, but not the pilgrim tax
3. He abolished both the jaziya and the pilgrim tax
4. He neither abolished the pilgrim tax nor the Jaziya

69. Who was the author of ‘Nuskha-i-Dilkusha’?

1. Khafi Khan
2. Murshidkuli Khan
3. Abdul Fazl
4. Bhimsen Burhanpuri

70. Guru Govind Singh was killed in 1708 at—

1. Amritsar
2. Keeratpur
3. Nanded
4. Anandpur

71. Mir Sayyed Ali and abdusamad were the court painter during the time of—

1. Humayun, Akbar
2. Akbar, Jahangir
3. Jahangir, Shah Jahan
4. Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb

72. Which of the following elements was not found in Akbar’s Architecture?

1. Use of red sandstone
2. Hindu elements
3. Foliated arches
4. Charbagh surrounding the tombs

73. Who composed ‘Ganga Lahri’?

1. Tulsides
2. Surdas
3. Panditraj Jagannath
4. Haridasa

74. Which of the following was not a silver coin during Akbar?

1. Jalal
2. Dam
3. Darab
4. Pandau

75. Which of the following revolts had agrarian causes at its root?

1. 1. Rajput revolt
   2. Satnami and Jat revolt
   3. Sikh revolt
   4. Maratha revolt

76. From whom Shahji received the jagir of Poona?

1. Mughals
2. B. Adilshah
3. Nizamshahi
4. Portuguese

77. What is ‘Mokasa’?

1. Jagir
2. Religious practice
3. Cavalry
4. Religious endowment

78. Who was not alive at the time of Shivaji’s Coronation?

1. Ganga Bhatt
2. Tukaram
3. Ramdas
4. D. Dadaji Konddeva

79. Which of the following Peshwas is connected with the treaty of Sagola?

1. A. Balaji Bajirao
2. Balaji Vishwanath
3. Bajirao I
4. Bajirao II

80. In which year Ahilyabai Holkar breathed her last?

1. 1792
2. 1793
3. 1794
4. D. 1795

81. The French East India Company was formed in—

1. A. 1664 AD
2. 1660 AD
3. 1656 AD
4. 1680 AD

82. La Bourdonnais was the Governor of—

1. Madras
2. B. Pondicherry
3. Mauritius
4. None of these

83. Mir Kasim removed his court from Calcutta to—

1. Patna
2. Dacca
3. C. Monghir
4. Purnea

84. The battle of Wandiwash was fought between—

1. A. English and the French
2. English and the Marathas
3. English and the Nawab of Carnatic
4. English and Hyderali

85. At the battle of Biddera the English crushed the power of—

1. French
2. B. Dutch
3. Portuguese
4. Danes

86. The Treaty of Surat was concludes by the British with the following Maratha Chief—

1. Narayan Rao
2. Madhav Rao
3. Nana phadnvis
4. D. Raghoba

87. The triple alliance against Tipu was formed by Cornwallis consisted of the following—

1. A. The English, Nizam and the Marathas
2. The English, Nizam and Awadh
3. The English, Nizam and Carnatic
4. The English, Marathas and Carnatic

88. In the second Sikh war the decisive battle was fought at—

1. Chilianwala
2. Peshawar
3. C. Gujarat
4. Multan

89. In the third Maratha War, the English defeated Peshwa Bajirow II at—

1. Mahidpur
2. Sitabuldi
3. Kirki
4. D. Bassein

90. The Treaty of Shrirangpattam took place in—

1. 1791
2. 1792
3. 1793
4. D. 1794

91. Which of the following states was not annexed to British Empire by Dalhousie under the doctrine of Lapse?

1. Baghat
2. Nagpur
3. Sambalpur
4. D. Benaras

92. Which of the following rebellions is associated with Sidhu and Kanhu?

1. Munda Rebellion
2. Kole Rebellion
3. C. Santhal Rebellion
4. Bhil Rebellion

93. The following officers was connected with the suppression of Thugee—

1. Hastings
2. Sleeman
3. C. Bentinck
4. Aukland

94. Which of the following British Officers was not in favour of annexation of Awadh?

1. Outram
2. Napier
3. Hugh Rose
4. D. Sleeman

95. Charles Metcalf was the Governor General of India during—

1. A. 1835-36
2. 1839-40
3. 1837-38
4. 1832-33

96. Sindh was invaded during the following Governor General’s time—

1. Lord Aukland
2. B. Lord Ellenborough
3. Lord Hardinge
4. Lord Dalhousie

97. The Second Burmese War was fought in the year—

1. 1849
2. B. 1850
3. 1851
4. 1852

98. Which one of the following Acts abolished the trading rights of the East India Company?

1. Regulating Act of 1773
2. B. Charter Act of 1813
3. Charter Act of 1833
4. Charter Act of 1853

99. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

1. RyotwariSettlement  : Madras
2. B. TalukdariSettlement  : Bombay
3. Permanent           Settlement  : Bengal
4. MahalwariSettlement : North-Western Province

101. At Lucknow the revolt of 1857 broke out on—

1. May 30, 1857
2. B. June 4, 1857
3. May 15, 1857
4. June 15, 1857

102. The Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta was founded by—

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2. B. Sir Williams Jones
3. Warren Hastings
4. Keshabchandra Sen

103. The Theosophical Society allied itself to the—

1. Christian revival movement
2. Islamic revival movement
3. C. Hindu revival movement
4. All of these

104. Which of the following statements about the Ramakrishna Mission is wrong?

1. It held the pure vedantic doctrine as its ideal
2. It aimed at the development of the highest spirituality in man
3. C. It prohibited the worship of Images
4. It recognized modern developments in Science and Technology

105. Fifth Session of the Indian National Congress was held in 1889 at—

1. Calcutta
2. Madras
3. C. Bombay
4. Dacca

106. The moderates and extremists were united in the Congress Session of-

1. Lahore
2. Bombay
3. Allahabad
4. D. Lucknow

107. Who among the following was not in Khilafat Committee?

1. A. Majhar ul Haq
2. Hasrat Mohani
3. Maulana Shauqat Ali
4. Hakim Azmalkhan

108. Who among the following was the president of All India Trade Union Congress In 1929?

1. M.N. Roy
2. B. N.M. Joshi
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Jayaprakash Narayan

109. Swaraj Party was formed by—

1. C.R. Das
2. Motilal Nehru
3. Jawaharlal Nehru
4. D. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru

110. ‘Lucknow pact’ was concluded between—

1. Congress and the British Government
2. Muslim League and the British Government
3. C. Congress and the Muslim League
4. Congress, the Muslim League and the British Government

111. An all Party Conference appointed a sub-committee with Ali Imam, Tejbahadur Sapru and Subhas Bose. Who was presiding this subcommittee?

1. Maulana Azad
2. Vallabh bhai Patel
3. Madan Mohan Malviya
4. D. Motilal Nehru

112. Who among the following participated in all the three Round Table conference?

1. Madan Mohan Malviya
2. B. B.R. Ambedkar
3. Sardar Patel
4. None of these

113. Which of the following pairs is correct?

1. Ramprasad Bismil  : Second Lahore Conspiracy Case
2. B. Surya Sen   : Chatgaon Case
3. Bhagat Singh   : Kakori Conspiracy Case
4. Chandrashekhar Azad   : Delhi Bomb Case

114. When were the Congress Governments formed in seven out of eleven provinces?

1. July 1935
2. July 1936
3. C. July 1937
4. July 1938

115. Which of the following pairs is correct?

1. A. Chelmsford :Rowlatt Act
2. Lord Reading   : Delhi Darbar
3. Lord Willington : Arriving of prince of Wales in India
4. Lord Hardinge   : II Round Table Conference

116. Subhash Chandra Bose Inaugurated the Government of Free India at—

1. Burma
2. Japan
3. Germany
4. D. Singapore

117. In December 1931 two school girl students killed the District judge in Komilla by shooting—

1. Suniti Choudhary and Bina Das
2. B. Shanti Ghose and Suniti Choudhary
3. Bina Das and kalpana Datta
4. kalpana Datta and Shanti Ghose

118. Which of the following pairs is correct?

1. Chuar Revolt   :Orissa
2. B. Sanyasi Revolt  :Bihar
3. Parlakhemundi Revolt Orissa
4. Rampa Revolt : Karnataka

119. The following countries under took the responsibility of organizing the Bandung conference—

1. Indonesia, Burma, Cambodia
2. B. India, Burma, Indonesia
3. Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Cambodia
4. China, Japan, Thailand

120. Which of the following Articles of Indian Constitution declare it is a primary duty of the state to raise the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the “Improvement of the public Health”?

1. Article 46
2. B. Article 47
3. Article 48
4. Article 49