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Question Booklet Question Booklet Serial Number Alpha Code A 116/2018 Question Booklet Question Booklet Serial Number Alpha Code A Total Number of Questions : 100 Time : 75 Minutes Maximum Marks : 100 I NSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. The Question Paper will be given in the form of a Question Booklet. There will be four versions of Question Booklets with Question Booklet Alpha Code viz. A, B, C & D. 2. The Question Booklet Alpha Code will be printed on the top left margin of the facing sheet of the Question Booklet. 3. The Question Booklet Alpha Code allotted to you will be noted in your seating position in the Examination Hall. 4. If you get a Question Booklet where the alpha code does not match to the allotted alpha code in the seating position, please draw the attention of the Invigilator IMMEDIATELY. 5. The Question Booklet Serial Number is printed on the top right margin of the facing sheet. 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Choose the correct answer and darken the bubble corresponding to the question number using Blue or Black Ball Point Pen in the OMR Answer Sheet. 11. Each correct answer carries 1 mark and for each wrong answer 1/3 mark will be deducted. No negative mark for unattended questions. 12. No candidate will be allowed to leave the examination hall till the end of the session and without handing over his/her Answer Sheet to the Invigilator. Candidates should ensure that the Invigilator has veried all the entries in the Register Number Coding Sheet and that the Invigilator has afxed his/her signature in the space provided. 13. Strict compliance of instructions is essential. Any malpractice or attempt to commit any kind of malpractice in the Examination will result in the disqualication of the candidate. 11 ¡¢ £1¤ A -2- 116/2018 1. Name the Annales historian who wrote the book The Cheese and the Worms. A) Carlo Ginzburg B) Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie C) Ferdinand Braudel D) Marc Bloch 2. The !rst Indian Historian who had received honourary membership in American Historical Association. A) Romila Thapar B) Bipan Chandra C) Jadunath Sarkar D) Burton Stein 3. Among the following which one is not applicable to positivist historiography ? A) Objectivity is an anathema B) Should follow scientic method C) Fact is real and independent of the perception of the historian D) Believes that history moves in linear sequence 4. Parenthetical notes are descriptions indicating the source of information placed A) At Footnotes B) Endnotes C) Bibliography D) Within the body of the paper 5. Among the following statements which one is not forming an assumption of Gender history ? A) Women have agency in social transformation B) Gender difference is cultural C) Gender difference is a social construction D) Gender difference is natural 6. The name ‘philosophy of history’ was invented in the eighteenth century by A) Hegel B) Voltaire C) Rousseau D) Montesquieu 7. Among the following which one is not part of early Indian historical tradition ? A) Itihasa-Purana B) Sramanic C) Sutas (records of the bards) D) Panchatantra 8. Among the following concepts which one is not related to Karl Marx thinking A) Feudal mode of production B) Segmentary mode of production C) Asiatic mode of production D) Capitalist mode of production 9. Which of the following is a characteristic feature of Christian historiography ? A) Scientic B) Rational C) Providential D) Humanistic 10. Name the author of Kitab al Rehla. A) Amir Khusru B) Abdul Fazl C) Ibn Batuta D) Ibn Khaldun A -3- 11 ¡¢ £1¤ 11. Among the following who did not form part of Greek population ? A) Achaeans B) Ionians C) Dorians D) Scythians 12. The Roman emperor who shifted his capital from Rome to Nicomedia was A) Dioeletian B) Nero C) Augustus D) Caesar 13. Among the following which word stands for ‘Greece’ ? A) Hellen B) Hellas C) Hellennese D) Greeks 14. The person known as “Morning star of Renaissance” was A) Plutarch B) Michaelangelo C) Dante D) Titian 15. “Black Shirts” was the volunteers of A) Mussolini B) Hitler C) Napolean D) Lenin 16. “Tennis Court Oath” happened during the period of A) Louis – XIV B) Louis – XV C) Louis – XVI D) Henry – VIII 17. The war aims of 1 st World War were declared as A) Pacic Charter B) Atlantic Charter C) Bill of Rights D) Versailles 18. The Organization formed for the creation of Israel was A) P.L.O. B) Israelites C) Zionism D) Liberation Army 19. The man behind the policy of “Perestroika” was A) Yeltsin B) Gorbachev C) Hitler D) Mussolini 20. The “Glorious Revolution” of 1688 happened in England during the period of A) Henry – VIII B) Charles – II C) James – II D) James – I A -4- 116/2018 21 . In which of the following Tamil texts, reference about ve types of burial is found ? A) Thirukural B) Manimekhalai C) Silappatikaram D) Kuruntokai 22. Who is the author of the work ‘ Karikala Valavan ’ ? A) K. A. N. Shastri B) Y. Subbarayalu C) KI Jagannathan D) M. Krishnakumari 23. What was the term used to mention ofcer in charge of elephants in Gupta administration ? A) Mahabaladikrita B) Mahashvapati C) Mahattaras D) Mahapilupati 24. Which of the following centers is not related to Buddhism ? A) Gaya B) Rajgir C) Pawapuri D) Vaishali 25. Who was given the sobriquet ‘Indian Machiavelli’ for his political treaties ? A) Megasthanes B) Banabhatta C) Vishakhadatta D) Vishnugupta 26. Amaravati, a site famous for Buddhist stupa remains is located in which of the following districts of Andhra Pradesh ? A) Guntur B) Krishna C) Kurnool D) Chittoor 27. According to some scholars, the word ‘Pandya’ is derived from the Tamil word ‘pandi’ which means A) Lion B) Cow C) Bull D) Buffalo 28. Which Sultanate ruler defeated the Mongols in consecutive battles of Jallandar and Kili, and Amroha and Ravi ? A) Alauddin Khilji B) Giyazuddin Balban C) Muhammad Bin Tuglaq D) Iltutmish 29. The Virupaksha temple at Pattadakkal was built by A) Queen Lokamahadevi B) Vikramaditya II C) Pulakeshi II D) Pulakeshi I 30. Portrait of which Mughal ruler is exhibited in Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington ? A) Humayun B) Babur C) Shahjahan D) Akbar A -5- 11 ¡¢ £1¤ 31. Fort William College at Calcutta was started by A) Lord Cornwallis B) Lord Wellesley C) Lord William Bentinck D) Lord Dalhousie 32. The First Factory Act of 1881 mainly dealt with A) Child labour B) Women labour C) Safety of workers D) Union activities 33. Who gave the call to the Indian youth “Be Strong and Fearless” ? A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy B) Swami Dayananda Saraswathi C) Mrs. Annie Besant D) Swami Vivekananda 34. Who was called the ‘Liberator of Indian Press’ ? A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy B) Sir John Lawrence C) Sir Charles Metcalfe D) Lord Ripon 35. Who said “Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise” ? A) Lord Lytton B) Lord Dufferin C) Lord Willington D) Lord Curzon 36. Muslim League observed the Direct Action Day on A) 16 August 1945 B) 16 September 1945 C) 16 August 1946 D) 16 September 1946 37. Who was not one among those who were put in the INA trials ? A) Lekshmi Seth B) G. S. Dhillon C) Prem Sehgal D) Shah Nawaz Khan 38. Under whose guidance the First Five Year Plan was drafted ? A) K. N. Raj B) Sukumar Sen C) Mahalnobis D) Dr. John Mathayi 39. The term ‘Garibi Hatao’ means A) Remove Untouchability B) Remove poverty C) Remove illiteracy D) Remove alcoholism 40. Who was the popular freedom ghter who had undertaken a fast unto death over the demand for a separate Andhra State and expired after fty eight days ? A) Vaikunta Swamikal B) E. V. Ramaswami C) Potti Sriramalu D) Vinoba Bhave A -6- 116/2018 41. Who was the author of the book “Kerala Charitrathinte Atisthana Silakal” ? A) Elamkulam Kunhan Pillai B) Rajan Gurukal C) M. G. S. Narayanan D) Kesavan Veluthat 42. Uzhavar was lived in which Tinai of ancient Tamilakam ? A) Mullai B) Marutham C) Palai D) Kurinchi 43. Who among the following posthumously published K. P. Padmanabha Menon’s book “History of Kerala ” ? A) P. K. Sankunni Menon B) A. Sreedhara Menon C) T. K. Krishna Menon D) T. K. Raman Menon 44. Bovine-shaped sarcophagi have been reported from which among the following place in Kerala ? A) Kattakambal B) Karinthalam C) Nirmalagiri D) Pilikkode 45. Who among the following was not a member of “ Pathinettara Kavikal ” at Zamorin’s court ? A) Punam Namboothiri B) Sankaradeva Swamikal C) Kakkasseri Bhattatiri D) Uddanda Sastrikal 46.
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