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Trends in Indian Historiography | Set 1
1. Who among the following is the author of Silent Spring?
A. ramachandra guha
B. rachel carlson
C. john muir
D. j. c. kumarappa.
Correct : B. rachel carlson
2. Who wrote the book Economy of Permanence?
A. m.k.gandhi
B. sundarlal bahuguna
C. j.c. kumarappa
D. k.m.munshi
Correct : C. j.c. kumarappa
3. In which year the Chipko Movement began?
A. 1970
B. 1982
C. 1992
D. 1973
Correct : D. 1973
4. In which year the Government of India liberalised its economy?
A. 1995
B. 1991
C. 1969
D. 1951
Correct : B. 1991
5. Project Tiger was launched in the year
A. 1973
B. 1965
C. 2004
D. 1999
Correct : A. 1973
6. According to C.A.Bayly, groups having allegience to a powerful patron is called
A. subaltern
B. subgroup
C. connexions
D. contributors
Correct : C. connexions
7. 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
Correct : A. localities like district, the municipality, the village.
8. Who is the author of The Emergence of Indian Nationalism: Competition and Collaboration in the Later Nineteenth Century
A. john gallaghar
B. ronald robinson
C. anil seal
D. gordon johnson
Correct : C. anil seal
9. Who among the following is associated with Cambrodge School of Histroiography?
A. ranajith guha
B. r.s. sharma
C. anil seal
D. rachel carlson
Correct : C. anil seal
10. 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
Correct : C. people relegated to inferior rank or status
11. In which year the firsr edited volume of subaltern studies came out?
A. 1982
B. 1987
C. 1996
D. 2001
Correct : A. 1982
12. Subaltern studies first appeared as a revision of the historical narratives of which country?
A. afghanistan
B. vietnam
C. india
D. chile
Correct : C. india
13. 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.
Correct : A. d.d.kosambi
14. 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.
Correct : A. irfan habib
15. GHG stands for
A. green house grant
B. green house gas
C. geographical house grant
D. green hosting gear
Correct : B. green house gas
16. According to Aryan Invasion Theory, where did the Aryans initially settled in India?
A. bihar
B. punjab
C. gujarat
D. u.p
Correct : B. punjab
17. According to Aryans, the indegenous people of india were
A. rakshasa
B. dasas and dasyus
C. dravida
D. kshatriya
Correct : B. dasas and dasyus
18. Which among the following was regarded as a form of wealth during the vedic age?
A. gold
B. vedas
C. cattle
D. land.
Correct : C. cattle
19. Which among the following languages is not a member of Indoeuropean category?
A. english
B. italian
C. german
D. tamil
Correct : D. tamil
20. Who coined the term Hydraulic civilisations?
A. karl marx
B. e. h. carr
C. karl wittfogel
D. arnold toynbee.
Correct : C. karl wittfogel
21. 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
Correct : B. societies based on large scale irrigation
22. Which historian brought out the interdisciplinary method to study ancient indian history?
A. r.c. majumdar
B. d.d. kosambi
C. r.s.sharma
D. d.n.jha
Correct : B. d.d. kosambi
23. According to D.D.Kosambi, interpretation of myths is , in order to study early cultures.
A. unnecessary
B. irrelevant
C. necessary
D. a burden
Correct : C. necessary
24. Who wrote Urban Decay in India?
A. r.s.sharma
B. ranajith guha
C. n.jha d. romila thapar
Correct : A. r.s.sharma
25. Who is the author of Asoka and the Decline of Mauryas ?
A. bipan chandra
B. r. c. majumdar
C. romila thapar
D. satish chandra
Correct : C. romila thapar
26. 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
Correct : D. use of iron
27. Mandala IX of Rigveda is dedicated to which God?
A. soma
B. agni
C. indra
D. varuna
Correct : A. soma
28. When was the Asiatic Society of Bengal was formed?
A. 1784
B. 1788
C. 1885
D. 1761
Correct : D. 1761
29. Author of Harshacharita ?
A. harsha
B. kalidasa
C. bana bhatta
D. vagbhata
Correct : C. bana bhatta
30. Who among the following is a nationalist historian?
A. k. p. jayaswal
B. irfan habib
C. bipan chandra
D. d. n. jha
Correct : A. k. p. jayaswal
31. 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
Correct : B. r. c. dutt
32. The Indus Valley Civilisation is a civilisation.
A. iron age
B. palaeolithic
C. bronze age
D. mesolithic
Correct : C. bronze age
33. Who is the father of Indology?
A. james mill
B. jonathan duncan
C. william bentick
D. anil seal
Correct : A. james mill
34. What was the nationality of max muller?
A. french
B. english
C. german
D. polish
Correct : C. german
35. Who is the author of Asoka: The Buddhist Emperor of India?
A. william jones
B. alexander cunningham
C. v. a. smith
D. herman hesse
Correct : C. v. a. smith
36. 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.
Correct : D. atula.
37. Which Magadhan ruler is known as Amitrochates ?
A. samudragupta
B. bindusara
C. asoka
D. chandragupta
Correct : B. bindusara
38. who is the author of Pritvirajavijaya?
A. kautilya
B. jayanaka
C. amarasimha
D. kalhana
Correct : B. jayanaka
39. Who is known as the “father of qawwali”?
A. ferishta
B. amir khusro
C. al beruni
D. ibn batuta.
Correct : D. ibn batuta.
40. Author of Gendering Caste through a feminist Lens is
A. romila thapar
B. uma chakravarti
C. annie besant
D. sarojini naidu
Correct : B. uma chakravarti
41. The Indus people achieved maximum amount of standardization in
A. pottery
B. seals
C. sculpture
D. bricks
Correct : D. bricks
42. How many times did the term Jana occur in Rigveda?
A. 275
B. 300
C. 250
D. 400
Correct : A. 275
43. The sulva sutras deal with
A. medicine
B. astronomy
C. geometry
D. chemistry
Correct : C. geometry
44. The origin of Indian music can be traced into .
A. rigveda
B. samaveda
C. atharvaveda
D. yajurveda
Correct : B. samaveda
45. Who was the Vice President of the International Commission for s History of the Scientific and cultural development set up by UNESCO ?
A. r. c. majumdar
B. irfan habib
C. r. c dutt
D. satish chandra.
Correct : A. r. c. majumdar
46. Which one of the following vedic tribal assemblies involved in the selection of the tribal chief?
A. sabha
B. samiti
C. vidata
D. gana
Correct : B. samiti
47. The Rig, yajur, sama vedas are together known as
A. samhita
B. sruti
C. trijana
D. tri veda
Correct : D. tri veda
48. Which of the Vedas is partly in verse and partly in prose?
A. rig
B. sama
C. yajur
D. atharva
Correct : C. yajur
49. Whose work is Shudras in Ancient India ?
A. romila thapar
B. r. s. sharma
C. ranajit guha
D. kancha illaiah
Correct : B. r. s. sharma
50. Which of the following regions were not known to even the later vedic people?
A. the kaveri delta
B. the two seas
C. the entire gangetic valley
D. the vindhyas
Correct : A. the kaveri delta
51. Which of the following falls into the category of quasihistroy?
A. ballads
B. epics
C. annals of rulers
D. all the above
Correct : D. all the above
52. The 'logographers” are associated with
A. indian historiography
B. cambridge historiography
C. greek historiography
D. nationalist historiography
Correct : C. greek historiography
53. Who called Heradotus the father of history?
A. cicero
B. thucydides
C. aristotle
D. plato
Correct : A. cicero
54. Author of The early History of Deccan
A. r. g. bhandarkar
B. r. c. majumdar
C. neelakants sastri
D. e. sreedharan
Correct : C. neelakants sastri
55. Aryans cleared the forests in the initial stages using
A. copper axe
B. iron axe
C. fire
D. animals. 57.who is the author of historical work the cholas?
Correct : C. fire
56. Who is the founder of the Nanda dynasty?
A. dhana nanda
B. mahapadma nanda
C. mahipala
D. marthanda
Correct : B. mahapadma nanda
57. “Abundance of source material and absence of histories “ is told about
A. ancient indian history
B. greek hisory
C. chinese history
D. roman history
Correct : A. ancient indian history
58. Who is the author of Mrichakatika
A. bharavi
B. sudraka
C. bhasa
D. bana bhatta.
Correct : B. sudraka
59. Thervada is a branch associated with
A. jainism
B. hinduism
C. buddhism
D. islam
Correct : C. buddhism
60. Which sect of Bhudhism flourished in Ceylon?
A. mahayana
B. hinayana
C. vajrayana
D. mahayana and hinayana equally flourished
Correct : A. mahayana
61. Which of the following languages were patronised by the jainas to preach their doctrines?
A. prakrit
B. sanskrit
C. dravidian
D. pali
Correct : A. prakrit
62. The place were Bhudha was enlightened
A. kundagrammam
B. deer park
C. gaya
D. none
Correct : C. gaya
63. One of the most important kings who followed Buddhism
A. chandra gupta
B. ashoka
C. bindusara
D. none
Correct : B. ashoka
64. Lumbini the place at which Bhudha was born is located in
A. nepal.
B. bihar
C. sikkim
D. west bengal
Correct : A. nepal.
65. .The earliest of the Vedas
A. rig veda
B. yajur veda
C. sama veda
D. atharva veda
Correct : A. rig veda
66. The Tripitakas are written in the language of
A. sanskrit
B. prakrit
C. pali
D. hindi
Correct : C. pali
67. The Mahabharata war was fought on the plains of …......
A. meerut
B. afghanistan
C. kurushetra
D. lothal
Correct : C. kurushetra
68. The word Veda derived from the word
A. ved
B. dev
C. vadam
D. vid
Correct : A. ved
69. The Ramayana was composed by the great saint
A. brahma
B. vasisht
C. bana
D. valmik
Correct : D. valmik
70. The 23rd Thrithankara was
A. parswanath
B. mahavira
C. sidharth
D. rishaba
Correct : B. mahavira
71. Who among the following was not an eminent Orientalist?
A. dr bhahudaji
B. dr r g bhandarkar
C. balagangadhar tilak
D. gopal krishna gokhale
Correct : A. dr bhahudaji
72. Who Coined the term Hydraulic Society
A. prof max muller
B. karl august wittfogel
C. james mill
D. karl marx
Correct : B. karl august wittfogel
73. Who among the following Scholar declared that “Sapt Sindhava” region was the home land of Aryans
A. dr a. c. das
B. prof. maxmuller
C. prof. penka
D. dr k. k. sharma
Correct : A. dr a. c. das
74. Genealogy, mythology,and historical narratives are the three main constituents of …................tradition
A. ithihasapurana
B. aranyakas
C. vedas
D. samhitas
Correct : A. ithihasapurana
75. How many puranas are there?
A. 12
B. 18
C. 15
D. 10
Correct : B. 18
76. Which Purana contains the information about the Sathavahanas
A. vayu purana
B. bhavishya purana
C. matsya pura
D. shiva purana
Correct : C. matsya pura
77. Historical writings of vamsa charitas were started in which century ?
A. seventh century
B. eighth century
C. tenth century
D. ninth century
Correct : A. seventh century
78. Harsha Charita is written by which writer
A. bilhana
B. bana
C. jayanga
D. athulya
Correct : B. bana
79. …......is considerd as the first historcal chronicle of Kerala
A. rajatarangini
B. harsha charita
C. prithvirja vijaya
D. mushakavamsa kavya
Correct : D. mushakavamsa kavya
80. Mushakavamsa kavya deals with the dynastic history of the rulers of which region?
A. valluvanadu
B. thiruvitamkur
C. kolathunadu
D. venadu
Correct : C. kolathunadu
81. Rajatarangini is the Chronicle on the kings of …......
A. kashmir
B. kerala
C. delhi
D. karnataka
Correct : A. kashmir
82. 'only a poet can bring the past with eye of this mind by divine institution ' who statement is this
A. bana
B. jayanga
C. kalhana
D. athula
Correct : C. kalhana
83. Ziauddin Barani served as an adviser to Sultan
A. firoshah tuglaq
B. jalaudhin khalji
C. ghiyasudhin thuqlaq
D. muhammad bin thuglaq
Correct : D. muhammad bin thuglaq
84. Fatwa i Jahandari is written in which language ?
A. arabic
B. hindi
C. persian
D. sanskrit
Correct : C. persian
85. Abul Fazl was a historian in the court of
A. khalji
B. mughals
C. satavahanas
D. mauryas
Correct : B. mughals
86. The book Akbarnama was written by
A. abul fazal
B. athula
C. kalhana
D. bana
Correct : A. abul fazal
87. AinIAkbari is the ….......... part of Akbarnama
A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth
Correct : C. third
88. Which author translated Bhagawad Gita from Sanskrit to Persian ?
A. bana
B. abul fazl
C. dara shikoh
D. vyasa
Correct : C. dara shikoh
89. Taikh iFerishta was written as per the instruction of which ruler ?
A. nizam shah
B. muhammad bin tuglaq
C. akbar
D. ibrahim adil shah
Correct : B. muhammad bin tuglaq
90. Romila Thaper was the student of …........
A. basham
B. bipan chandra
C. eric hobsbawn
D. kosambi
Correct : A. basham
91. Which group of scholars described the Indian post as oriental despotism ?
A. indian
B. colonial
C. arab
D. cambridge
Correct : A. indian
92. Which among the following is not a work of Romila Thaper?
A. past and prejudice
B. lineage to state
C. knowing india
D. indian numismatics
Correct : A. past and prejudice
93. Mushakavamsa Kavya was written in
A. 10th century
B. 11th centur
C. 12th century
D. 9th century
Correct : B. 11th centur
94. Who among the following have written the medieval legendary and historical chronicle of the northwestern subcontinent ,Rajatarangini ?
A. megasthenese
B. kalhana
C. albiruni
D. herodotus
Correct : B. kalhana
95. In which of the following years the Asiatic Society of Bengal was established
A. 1684
B. 1784
C. 1884
D. 1984
Correct : B. 1784
96. Who among the following historians does not belong to the Marxist School of thought
A. d. d. kosambi
B. r . c majumdar
C. romila thaper
D. irfan habib.
Correct : B. r . c majumdar