Read the passage below, and answer the following first five questions based on the passage Some 19th-century missionaries, armed with passages from Hindu and Buddhist scriptures, often taken out of their context, and with tales of famine, disease, and the evils of the Hindu caste and family system, have helped to propagate the widespread fallacy that India is a land of lethargic gloom. The traveller landing at Bombay has only to watch the rush-hour crowds, and to compare them mentally with those of London, to realize that the Indian character is neither lethargic nor unhappy. This conclusion is borne out by a general acquaintance with the remains of India's past. Our second general impression of ancient India is that her people enjoyed life, passionately delighting both in the things of the senses and the things of the spirit. The European student who concentrates on religious texts of a certain type may well gain the impression that ancient India was a land of "life-negating" ascetics, imposing their gloomy and sterile ideas upon the trusting millions who were their lay followers. The fallacy of this impression is quite evident from the secular literature, sculpture and painting of the time. The average Indian, though he might pay lip-service to the ascetic and respect his ideals, did not find life a vale of tears from which to escape at all costs rather he was willing to accept the world as he found it, and to extract what happiness he could from it. Dan. d. in's description of the joys of a simple meal served in a comparatively poor home (p.444ff) is probably more typical of ancient Indian everyday life than are the Upanis.ads. India was a cheerful land, whose people, each finding a niche in a complex and slowly evolving social system, reached a higher level of kindliness and gentleness in their mutual relationships than any other nation of antiquity. For this, well as for her great achievements in religion, literature, art and mathematics, one European student at least would record his admiration of her ancient culture.
1. How did some 19th century missionaries propagate about India

Indian character is neither lethargic nor unhappy

People enjoyed life

India is a land of lethargic gloom.

Indians did not find life a vale of tears.


2. How does the author look at the characterization of India

Indians are neither lethargic nor unhappy but enjoyed life.

Buddhist and Hindu scriptures demonstrate famine, disease and evils of caste system.

India was a land of life-negating ascetics.

Remains of India's past show a negative picture.

3. Which one of the attitudes of the average Indians towards life is false

The people were passionately delighted in things of senses and spirit.

People extracted happiness from the world as they found it.

They valued kindliness and gentleness in human relationships

The Indians strongly endorsed ascetics and their ideals.

4. How have the European students perceived India

India was a land of material and spiritual delight

India was a land of ascetics with their ideas dominating life of millions

India was a land of poor satisfied with simple meal.

None of the above

5. Which one of author's characterisations of India is not true

India was a cheerful land of people

Indians achieved greater heights in religion, literature, art and mathematics.

The rush-hour crowds in London and Bombay are lethargic and unhappy.

The secular literature, sculpture and paintings show a picture of joy in life.

6. That the neolithic people of some places lived in underground pits has been suggested by the archaeological excavations in

Assam

Bihar

Madhya Pradesh

Kashmir

7. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched

Banawali -Haryana

Daimabad -Maharashtra

Dholavira -Gujarat

Rakhigarhi -Rajasthan



8. The available Rigveda Samhita represents the recension of

Baskala

Sakala

Saunaka

Paippalada

9. Which one of the following belongs to the category of five great sacrifices

Devayajna
Pitryajna
Bhutayajna
Manusyayajna Select the correct answer from the code given below










10. The Mahabharata provides evidence of the customs of

Polygamy
Polyandry
Niyoga
Sati Select the correct answer from the code given below


Only

and

and

and

11. Asoka laid emphasis on the 'Paternal principle' in administration. This is clearly expressed in his

Minor Rock Edict II

Rock edict XIII

Pillar edict VII

Separate Kaling Edict I

12. Who among the following successors of Asoka styled himself as Devanampriya

Dasaratha

Kunala

Samprati

None of the above

13. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below the
lists

List I (Ancient Centres) List II (Modern locations)

Dhanyakataka Amaravati

Samapa Jaugada

Pratisthan Nagarjunkonda

Vijayapuri Paithan

Code











14. Which one of the following Tamil anthologies is devoted to the praise of the Chera Kings

Natrinai

Kurundogai

Aingurunuru

Paditruppattu

15. Which one of the following does not occur in the list of Samskaras, the Dharmasutras and early smritis

Jatakarma

Namakarana

Vidyarambha

Vivaha

16. Who among the following was awarded highest punishment for theft in the system of manu

Brahmana

Kshatriya

Vaishya

Sudra

17. The ancient port of Puhar was situated at the mouth of

Kaveri

Periyar

Tamraparni

Vaigai

18. Which of the following sites has yielded the evidence of a Vishnu temple of the pre ­Christian era

Bhita

Eran

Mathura

Vidisha



19. The remains of a Jain Stupa were discovered at the site of

Kankali Tila

Katra Kesav Dev

Mat

None of the above

20. Which school of art used red spotted sandstone as material for sculptural art

Mathura
Bharhut
Amaravati
Gandhar Select the correct answer from the code given below

Only

and

and

and

21. Samantapasadika is Buddhaghosha's commentary on

Vinayapitaka

Suttapitaka

Abhidhammapitaka

Visuddhimagga

22. Which one of the following inscriptions gives an account of the guild of weavers

Mathura Inscription of Chandra-gupta -II

Mandasor Inscription of Kumaragupta

Eran Inscription of Bhanugupta

Damodarpur copper plate of Budhagupta

23. Which of the following eras is identical with the valabhi era

Vikrama era

Saka era

Gupta era

Harsha era

24. Which of following pairs is not correctly matched Temples Builder

Brihadisvara temple -Rajaraja of Tanjavur


Virupaksha temple -Loka Mahadevi of Pattadakal


Martanda temple -Didda of Kashmir


Visvanath temple -Dhanga of Khajuraho



25. Arrange the following Dharmasastra writers in a chronological order

Chandesvara
Hemadri
Lakshmidhara
Mitra Misra Select the correct answer from the code given below:









26. Consider the following statements Assertion

Lingayata religion turned into a radical movement against the caste system and Brahmana orthodoxy Reason Its founder, Basava was himself a non-Brahmana Now select the correct answer from the code below
Codes
Both and are true, and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true but is false

is false but is true


27. Who among the following introduced Vaishnavism in Kamarupa and Cooch Bihar

Chaitanya

Ramananda

Sankaradeva

Vitthaladasa

28. Sutradhara Mandana, famous for his works on architecture and iconography flourished in the court of

Bhoja

Kumarapala

Rana Kumbha

Krishnadevarai

29. Chaitanya's one of the most famous disciple was a Muslim devotee named

Haridas

Purandardas

Raskhan

Sujan

30. Which Mahadana ceremony was performed by the Rashtrakuta King Dantidurga at Ujjain

Tulapurusha

Hiranyagarbha

Saptasagara

Ratnadhenu









31. Which of the following works of Amir Khusrav contains his personal appreciation of Indian culture

Ghurrat-ul-Kamal

Qiran us Sadain

Nuh Sipihar

Khazain-ul-Futuh

32. Who among the following was not a Chishti sufi saint

Qutub-ud-din Bakhtiar Kaki

Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Chiragh-i-Dihlwi

Sayyid Muhammad Gesu Daraz

Mir Muhammad Miyan Mir

33. Which of the following pair is not correctly matched (Author) (Work)

Somtalika -Vicar-sutra

Sudhakalasa -Sangitopanisad

Merutungancarya -Prabandha-cintamani

Jinprabha Suri -Vastusara

34. Who composed Bhavartha-Dipika

Jnandeva

Nimbarka

Namdeva

Shankaradeva

35. The following monuments were constructed during the period of Delhi sultanate. Sultan Ghari
Bara Sona Masjid

Adina Masjid Jami Masjid at Ahmadabad Arrange them in correct chronological order by using the code given below
Codes









36. Which of the following illustrated manuscripts were prepared during Akbar's time

The Diwan-i-Amir Hasan Dihlavi
The Raj Kanwar
The Tutinama
iv) The yoga Vashistha Select the correct answer from the code given below










37. Consider the following statements

Assertion It was in Jahangir's reign that the art of painting reached its highest water mark.
Reason He was against architectural decoration. Now select the correct answer from the code given below
Code

Both and are true, and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

is true but is false

is false but is true

38. Which one of the following works was written by a poetess during the Vijayanagara period

Madhura-Vijayam

Rukmini-Kalyanam

Saluva bhyudaya

Narayana-Vilasa

39. Which one of the following Sanskrit works were translated for Akbar as per his instructions

The singhasan Battisi
The Atharva Veda
The Harivansh Purana
The Ragadarpan Select the correct answer from the code given below

Codes

and

and

and

and


40. Sawai Jaisingh built his last observatory at

Delhi

Ujjain

Mathura

Banaras

41. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List I List II

Charles Grant Anglicism

Jeremy Bentham Orientalism

T. B Macaulay Utilitarianism

Sir William Jones Evangelicalism


Codes


(iii)

(iii)

(iii)

(iii)

42. Consider the following statements

Assertion Vivekananda condemned social reform movement and sought to replace it by social service.

Reason The nineteenth century social movement was elitist Now select the answer from the code below

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

Both and are true, and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true, and is only a partial explanation of

is true, but is false.

43. Arrange the following in correct chronological order.

Prarthana Samaj
Aligarh Scientific Society
Calcutta Madrassa
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Indicate the correct answer from the code below

Codes

(iii)








44. What was Jotirao Phule's position with regard to widow remarriage

He was strongly opposed to it.

He simply ignored the issue

He made spirited attacks on enforced widowhood.

He had initiated a movement for it at an all India level

45. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List I List II

Filtration theory Vernacular education

Haileybury College Study of languages

Wood's education English education Despatch


Fort William College Indian Civil Servants


Codes









46. Who was the first editor of Amrita Bajar Patrika

Surendranath Banerjee

Aurobindo Ghosh

Bipin Chandra Pal

Motilal Ghosh

47. Consider the following statements Assertion

Gandhi held industrial capitalism responsible for all conflicts of interest Reason Industrial capitalism is the essence of modern civilization. Now select the answer from the code below

is true, and is false.

Both and are true, but is not the correct explanation of

Both and are true, and explains

is false, and is true.


48. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below

List I (Leaders) List II (Political Concepts)

Tilak Atmashakti

Aurobindo Swaraj

Gandhi Panchasheel

Nehru Harijan

Codes


(iii)



(iii)



49. Tana Bhagat was a movement of the

Moppalah

Maratha

Munda

Manipuri

50. Who wrote NIL DARPAN

Bankimchandra Chatterjee

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

Rabindranath Tagore

Dinabandhu Mitra