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114 PU Ph D History 1 of 100 101 PU_2016_114_E Nil-Darpan (1860) was written by:- Debendranath Tagore W.C. Banerjee Dinabandhu Mitra Bipan Chandra Pal 2 of 100 157 PU_2016_114_E The year in which the Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place was:- 1919 1929 1939 1909 3 of 100 173 PU_2016_114_E Name the following person who wrote the Biography of Raja Rammohun Roy? Sarojini Naidu Aruna Asaf Ali Mary Carpenter Annie Beasant 4 of 100 108 PU_2016_114_E The result of the Industrial Revolution was a creation of a new section of society distinctly known:- Land Lords Clergymen Engineers Capitalists 5 of 100 217 PU_2016_114_E 'All history is contemporary history' was stated by whom? Voltaire Karl Marx Lord Actor Beneditto Croce 6 of 100 196 PU_2016_114_E The first Roman ruler who adopted Christianity was:- Augustus Caesar Julius Caesar Constantine Pompeii 7 of 100 105 PU_2016_114_E Which of the following can be considered as the birth place of South Indian architecture and sculpture? Mahabalipuram Kanchi Kaveripattinam Madurai 8 of 100 172 PU_2016_114_E Romantic idealism correlated the events of the past to a natural explanation of progress and continuity, which was profusely expressed in the writings of the following philosophers? Karl Marx, Max Weber and Rousseau Herder, Kant and Hegel Adam Smith, Voltaire & Montesquieu Vico, Descartes and Jean Bodin 9 of 100 125 PU_2016_114_E Which of the following is the world heritage rock art site in India? Pachmarhi Lekhania Chopani-Mando Bhimbetka 10 of 100 188 PU_2016_114_E The birth place of Nepolean Bonaparte is:- Sicily Corsica Paris Malta 11 of 100 164 PU_2016_114_E The Mahavir belonged to the clan:- Lichhavis Bulis Bhaggas Kalams 12 of 100 129 PU_2016_114_E What is the use of Thermoluminescence method? Dating the fossil Tree-Ring analysis Carbon dating Dating the pottery 13 of 100 181 PU_2016_114_E Which of the following extremists settled at Pondicherry? V. D. Savarkar B. G. Tilak B. C. Pal Aurbindo Ghosh 14 of 100 208 PU_2016_114_E Who among the following is the First Indian to pass Indian Civil Service Exam? Satyendranath Tagore Subhash Chandra Bose Ajay Harit Debendranath Tagore 15 of 100 133 PU_2016_114_E Who among the following organized the Radical Democratic Party in the year 1940? Subhash Chandra Bose Ajit Roy Rash Behari Bose M.N. Roy 16 of 100 148 PU_2016_114_E Monalisa is the painting of:- Leonardo Vinci Boucassion Raphael Michel Angelo 17 of 100 104 PU_2016_114_E Where was the first French factory established? Madras Surat Mahe Goa 18 of 100 153 PU_2016_114_E Humayun ascended the throne at Agra on:- 23rd September 1530 7th January 1530 29th December 1530 16th February 1530 19 of 100 205 PU_2016_114_E "Komagata Maru Incident" was a Japanesae Steamer commissioned by Gurdit Singh to transport Indian to which of the following places? Japan Canada Hongkong Singapore 20 of 100 169 PU_2016_114_E Which was the word used for the royal military troops of the Cholas? Bhrtaka Kattupaddi Kaikkolar Kadgham 21 of 100 185 PU_2016_114_E When was Indian Constitution adopted by the Constituent Assembly? 26thJan., 1950 26th Nov., 1949 26th Jan.,1949 15th Aug., 1947 22 of 100 144 PU_2016_114_E Ibn Batuta was a traveller from:- China Europe Africa Arab 23 of 100 145 PU_2016_114_E Who organized the Abhinav Bharat, a secret society of revolutionaries? S.C. Bose Lala Lajpat Rai Jai Prakash Narain V.D. Savarkar 24 of 100 200 PU_2016_114_E Which of the following British Governor general took the First census? Robert Clive 1756 Warren Hasting 1776 William Bentinck, 1881 Lord Ripon in 1881 25 of 100 152 PU_2016_114_E The Marathas were defeated in the third battle of Panipat (1761) by:- Babur Sher Khan Ahmad Shah Abdali Nadir shah 26 of 100 124 PU_2016_114_E Who among the following had introduced the permanent land revenue settlement (1793) in Bengal? Lord Dalhousie Lord Cornwallis Lord Wellesley Lord Bentick 27 of 100 140 PU_2016_114_E The Indian National Army was founded by:- Capt Mohan Singh Subhash Chandra Bose Bhagat Singh C.R. Dass 28 of 100 180 PU_2016_114_E The first compiled legal code was inscribed by Hammurabi on stone in:- Egypt Indus Valley Babylonia China 29 of 100 189 PU_2016_114_E 'History is an unending dialogue between the present and the past' was one of the remarks of the following person? E.H. Carr Arthur Marwick R.G. Collingwood Toynbee 30 of 100 113 PU_2016_114_E Which one of the following reformer in India is called First Modern Man? Swami Vivekananda Dayananda saraswati Mahatma Gandhi Raja Ram Mohan Roy 31 of 100 204 PU_2016_114_E Identify the following places where Gandhi first resorted to Satyagraha in India. Champaran in Bihar Ahmedabad Kheda in Gujarat Gorakhpur 32 of 100 201 PU_2016_114_E Which of the following Governor general set up the Calcutta Madrasah? Warren Hasting William Bentinck Lord Wellesley Jonathan Duncan 33 of 100 109 PU_2016_114_E The 'Drain of Wealth' theory in India was propounded by:- Lala Lajpat Rai B.G. Tilak Dadabhai Naoroji Mahatma Gandhi 34 of 100 176 PU_2016_114_E India became a member of the United Nations in:- 1949 1947 1950 1945 35 of 100 160 PU_2016_114_E The Second Burmese War was fought in the year:- 1849 1852 1851 1850 36 of 100 121 PU_2016_114_E The Viceroy associated with the policy of the Partition of Bengal (1905) was:- Lord Hastings Lord Curzon Lord William Bentick Lord Dufferin 37 of 100 161 PU_2016_114_E The author of 'Humayun Nama' was:- Firdosi Humayun Badayuni Gul Badan Begam 38 of 100 212 PU_2016_114_E In which of the following place was Gandhi Phoenix farm located? Champaran in Bihar Durban in South Africa Ahmedabad in Gujarat Pretoria in South Africa 39 of 100 184 PU_2016_114_E Greek and Persian Wars was documented by:- Herodotus Tacitus Machiavelli Thucydides 40 of 100 216 PU_2016_114_E Who was the founding member of Annales School in France? Marc Bloch Fernand Braudal Marcel Mauss Emile Durkheim 41 of 100 168 PU_2016_114_E Founder of the Satvahana dynasty was:- Simuka Rudradaman I Shatkarni I Shatkarni II 42 of 100 100 PU_2016_114_E Which one of the following Janapadas was famous for its cotton textiles? Anga Kosala Magadha Kasi 43 of 100 141 PU_2016_114_E "Chalo Delhi" was a slogan used during India's struggle for Independence by:- Indian National Army Indian National Congress Congress Socialist Party Muslim League 44 of 100 132 PU_2016_114_E What was the Script used in the earliest Inscriptions found in some natural caves of South India? Devanagari Grantha Brahmi Kharoshti 45 of 100 117 PU_2016_114_E Who was the founder of the Brahma Samaj in India? W.C. Banerjee Raja Rammohan Roy Dayananda Saraswati Swami Vivekananda 46 of 100 137 PU_2016_114_E Gauthama Buddha's mother belonged to:- Lichchavi clan Koliya Clan Maya clan Sakya clan 47 of 100 156 PU_2016_114_E Who among the following was associated with the Theosophical Society in India B.G. Tilak Surendranath Banerjee Annie Besant M.G. Ranade 48 of 100 120 PU_2016_114_E Who developed Radio Carbon Dating? C.J.Thomsen D.L.Clarke Willard Libby M.C.Burkitt 49 of 100 197 PU_2016_114_E In which of the following year Farukh Siyyar granted the firman to the English East India Company? 1718 1717 1715 1713 50 of 100 136 PU_2016_114_E Mein Kampf was written by:- Ottovon Bismarck Mussolini General Franco Adolf Hitler 51 of 100 128 PU_2016_114_E Who wrote what Happened in History? E.H.Carr Gordon Childe H.D.Sankalia Stuart Piggott 52 of 100 149 PU_2016_114_E The earliest 'man-like creature,' which racially differed from Homo sapiens, is generally known as:- Hominid Pithecanthropus Sinanthropus Eoanthropus 53 of 100 116 PU_2016_114_E What is the meaning of the word 'Upanishad'? To sing with To sit near To recite To sleep with 54 of 100 209 PU_2016_114_E January 9(nine) of the year is celebrated as Pravasi Bharatya Divas (PBD) day in India to commemorate:- The Day Gandhi landed in South Africa to fight Apartheid The day Gandhi was first arrested in South Africa The day Gandhi launch satyagraha in South Africa The day Gandhi returned from South Africa 55 of 100 193 PU_2016_114_E Kritivas translated a book in Bengali. Which is the book? Mababharat Ramayan Puran Geeta 56 of 100 192 PU_2016_114_E During Alauddin Khalzi 's time which of the following was sold as 5 Jeetal per Maund? Moth Wheat Rice Millet 57 of 100 112 PU_2016_114_E The city of Vijayanagar is now known as:- Chandragiri Kondavidu Hampi Halebidu 58 of 100 165 PU_2016_114_E Which one of the following social reformer was responsible for founding the Prarthana Samaj? Atmaram Pandurang Jyotioba Phule Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Acharya Vinobha Bhave 59 of 100 177 PU_2016_114_E Which one of the following travellers is not associated with the description of the glories of Vijayanagar kingdom? Ibn Battuta Nuniz Paes Abdul Razzaq 60 of 100 213 PU_2016_114_E The book Planned Economy for India is written by:- M. Visvesvaraya Manmohan Singh KasturiAiyangar J M Keynes 61 of 100 228 PU_2016_114_M Who wrote the Social Contract? Rousseau Montesquieu Voltaire Locke 62 of 100 242 PU_2016_114_M Which of the following is not a Vedic text? Vedanta Samhita Brahmana Pitaka 63 of 100 224 PU_2016_114_M The author of the famous book What Congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables? B.M. Malabari B.R. Ambedkar R.G. Bhandarker Annie Besant 64 of 100 252 PU_2016_114_M Who spread Bhakti to Assam? Shankardeva Dadu Dayal Chaitanya Raidas 65 of 100 220 PU_2016_114_M Who was the first governor of French Pondicherry? Benoist Dumas Le Noir Provisterre Francois Martin 66 of 100 239 PU_2016_114_M Which amongst the following is not a source for knowing the history
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