1 Which of the following Harappan sites has revealed polished pillar fragments

Rakhigarhi

Kalibangan

Dholavira

Mohenjodaro

2 Which of the following Gods in the Rigveda is also considered a prist (ritvij) who is a connecting link between men and Gods

Marut

Yama

Rudra

Agni

3 Which of the following God/Goddess in Kenopanishad realizes first that Brahman is the power behind all Gods

Indra

Vayu

Agni

Uma Haimvati

4 Which of the following upanishads mentions clearly devotion (bhakti) towards preceptor (guru) for the first time

Aetareya upanishad

Prashna upanishad

Shvetashvatara upanishad

Mundaka upanishad

5 Which one of the following texts refers to the Pancharatra cult as "lokatantra" or religion for all

Bhagavadgita

Bhagavata Purana

Ramayana

Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata

6 Match List with List -II and select the correct answer.Match the following Buddhist Councils with their Presidents
List I List II
First Buddhist Council Yasha
Second Buddhist Council Mahakassapa
Third Buddhist Council Vasumitra
Fourth Buddhist Council Mogaliputta Tissa

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7 Heliodorus in his Garuddhvaja inscription says that three practices lead to eternity (Amrit Pada). Which of the following were these

non-violence (ahimsa), truth non-anger (akrodha)

exertion relinquishing non-laziness (apramada)

charity sacrifice reading of scriptures (svadhyaya)

austerity non-violence (ahimsa), truth (satya)

8 Which one of the following statements is not true about Taxila as an educational centre

Three Vedas and eighteen Shilpas (practical disciplines) were taught

Only those who could afford fees were given admission

The university made arrangements for the food and medical facilities of the students

Some students lived in hostels of the university and some outside the university

9 Which of the following was not Ashvaghosha's work

Buddhacharita

Buddhavansh

Saundarananda

Sariputraprakarana

10 Who among the following was not among the first four disciples of Lakulisha

Kushika

Kaundinya

Mitra

Kaurushya

11 Which one of the following was not a coin

Purana

Suvarna

Karshapana

Prasthaka

12 In which of the following Pallava monuments the portrait sculptures of a pallava king with his two queens are depicted

Adivaraha mandap (cave)

Draupadi ratha

Shore temple

Kailashnath temple

13 Given below are two statements. One labelled Assertion and the other labelled as Reason

Assertion Pre-midieval legal works and inscriptions mention Prakritis as eighteen.

Reason Prakritis in the above context mean different natures of men.

In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct

Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true but is not the correct explanation of

is true and is false

is false and is also false

14 Aharya abhinaya in Natyashastra refers to which of the following

Art of enacting the eating scenes

Related to dress and ornaments

Enactment of love scenes

Related to music and dancing

15 Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the list. Match the following Persons with their Philosophical Backgrounds.

List I List II
Uditacharya of Mathura Pillar inscription of 380 CE Shaiva Siddhanta
Manikkavasagar Pashupata Shaivism
Abhinavagupta Vira Shaivism
Akkamahadevi Pratyabhijna Shaivism

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16 Which one of the following texts describes water machines (vari yantra) to bring down and raise water

Amarakosha

Vaijayanti

Arthashastra

Samarangana Sutradhara

17 Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. Match the following Inscriptions with their Authors.

List I List II
Mandsore inscription of Kumargupta I and Bandhuvarma Vasula
Mandsore inscription of Yashodharma Vatsabhatti
Haraha inscription of Ishanvarma Ravikirti
Aihole inscription of Pulakeshi II Ravishanti

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18 Who among the following rulers got constructed two Viharas in Nalanda as is known from the copper plate of Pala king Devapala

King of Java

King of Burma

King of Bali

King of Kambuj

19 Given below are two statements. One labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason

Assertion Ramanuja's philosophy is called Vishishtadvaita or Qualified Monism.

Reason Ramanuja believed that chit (the individual soul) and achit (insentient world) are different from Brahman who is the only reality.

In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct

Both and are correct and is the correct explanation of

Both and are correct but is not the correct explanation of

is true and is false

is false and is true

20 Who among the following has no relation with the continuation of Rajatarangini of Kalhana

Jonaraja

Shrivara

Ruyyak

Prajnya Bhatta

21 Which of the following statements is true about Bodhisattva in the Mahayana

Buddha in his previous lives

A person who is capable of entering Nirvana but does not do so until he guides other people for Nirvana

An avatara who punishes the wicked and rewards the good

The ultimate spiritual principle or Dharma kaya

22 Which one of the following texts describes the various apparatus for the manufacture of perfumes

Brihat Samhita

Agni Purana

Gandha Sara

Vishnu Dharmottara Purana

23 Which of the following have depicted female Bodhisattvas also in their paintings

Sarvastivada

Mahayana

Tantrayana

None of the above

24 Which one of the following is not a treatise on music

Brihaddeshi

Naradiya Shiksha

Dattilam

Saraswati Kanthabharana

25 Which one of the following is the correct classification of four types of instruments mentioned in the Natya Shastra

Tantra, avanaddha, ghana and sushir

Tantrasara, mridanga, ghana and sushir

Flute, avanaddha, ghana and sushir

Vina, avanaddha, ghana and sushir

26 Which one of the glass in India

Taxila following sites has shown the discovery of the earliest specimen of true

Ahichchatra

Arikmedu

Brahmagiri

27 Which of the following occupations is considered as the most lucrative of all in the Panchatantra

Dealing with Perfumes

Mortgaging

Export of goods to foreign countries

Cattle trade

28 The Buddha as one of the avataras of Vishnu was first depicted in art in the Pratihara period in which of the following manner

On the door lintel of the temple along with other avataras of Vishnu

As an independent deity inside the sanctum of vaishnava temples

Along with Subhadra and Balarama inside the temple

On the outer wall of the sanctum along with other avataras of Vishnu

29 Which one of the following does not have chapters on Vrikshayurveda

Bhagavata Purana

Agni Purana

Brihat Samhita

Krishi Parashar

30 Which of the following rules was ordained for an adulterous woman in Vashishtha Dharma Sutra

The woman should be turned out of the house

The woman should never be abandoned and should be accepted after a three day penance

The woman's Stridhana (woman's property) should be confiscated

The woman should be tortured physically

31 Sherwani, a very popular attire in South Asia came from

Syria

West Asia

Egypt

Central Asia

32 Which one of the following was not the member of Akbar's Tauhid i Ilahi

Abul Fazl

Shaikh Mubarak

Birbal

Tansen

33 Which of the following sultan did not like to appoint base and low -born persons to the higher positions in the government

Sultan Iltutmish

Sultan Mubarak Khalji

Sultan Balban

Sultan Bahlol Lodhi

34 Guru Nanak, before his death at Kartarpur in 1539, rejecting the claims of his sons, declared his disciple Guru Angad as his successor. What was the original name of Guru Angad

Bhai Jetha

Lehna

Bhai Gurdas

Bhai Prithi

35 Early Marathi literature was dominated by Saiva Nathpanthis. Which one of the following Marathi works do not belong to Nathpanthi tradition

Viveka Darpana

Viveka Sindhu

Gorakhagita

Bhavartha Dipika

36 Which one of the following musical treatises mentions first time the division of Indian musical form into the Hindustani and Karnataka style

Sangeet Ratnakar

Ghunyat-ul Munya

Sangeet Sudhakar

Raag Tarangini

37 Which of the following statement/s is/are correct

Firoz Tughluq had 1,80,000 slaves.

Firoz Tughluq employed 12,000 slaves as artisans in his Karkhanas.

Malik Kafur, the architect of Alauddin's southern campaigns, was a slave.

All the above.

38 For which of the following rivers, Babur writes, 'the Hindus firmly believe that, if its water touch a person, the merit of his works is destroyed, with this belief its name accords'

Sutlej

Karma-nasa

Ravi

Chinab

39 Prince Dara Shikoh compiled his famous treatise Majma-ul Bahrain after having discussions with

Baba Lal and Mian Mir

Baba Lal and Sarmad

Mulla Shah Badakshi and Chander Bhan Brahman

Baba Lal and Sayyid Niamat Allah

40 Which of the following sultan is known to have established daru'sh shiia for public in Delhi

Sultan Iltutmish

Sultan Alauddin Khalji

Sultan Firoz Shah Tughluq

Sultan Sikander Lodi

41 The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded to promote

Indian Paintings

Indian music and dance

Study of Indian languages and scriptures

Indian sculpture

42 Who said "what we see around us today is a fallen nation. A nation whose primitive greatness lies buried in ruins"

Devendranath Tagore

Rammohan Roy

Keshabchandra Sen

Shivanath Sastry

43 Altaf Hussain Wali wrote nationalist poetry in

Hindi

Urdu

Bengali

Gujarati

44 Which Governor General passed The Press Law on 3rd August 1835 which removed all restrictions on the Press

Sir Charles Metcalfe

Lord William Cavendish Bentinck

Lord Hastings

Lord Ellenborough

45 Which was the greatest achievement of Wahabi School of thought in India

Establishment of Madrisa-i-Qadima of Farang Mahal

Foundation of Nadwat-al-Ulama of Lucknow

Establishment of Naqshbandiya School at Delhi

Foundation of Dar-ul-Ulumat Deoband

46 Arrange the legislations regarding Hindu women in chronological order

The Age of Consent Act
The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act XV
The Hindu Women's Right to Property Act XVIII
The Child Marriage Restraint Act XIX

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47 Given below are two statements one labelled as Assertion and the other labelled as Reason

Assertion Ripon introduced the Ilbert bill.

Reason The solidarity and the agitational approach of the European community against the bill served as an eye opener for Indians.

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Both and are true and is the correct explanation of

Both and are true and is not the correct explanation of

is true is false.

is false is true.

48 The goal of the Muslim women educators was "to create women who would be better wives, better mothers and better muslims". Who said this

Gail Minault

Gail Omvedt

Christophe Jefferlat

Geraldine Forbes

49 Which Bengali Painter from among the following wanted art to be of universal language and not limited to a particular school

Gaganendranath Tagore

Jamini Roy

Rabindranath Tagore

Govardhan Ash

50 Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below

List I List II
Sir William Jones Compiled Manual oi Buddhism
Henry Thomas Colebrooke Translated Shakuntalam
T.W. Rhys-Davis Worked on Cave Temples oi India
James Burgess Translated Amarkosh

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