Sri Chaitanya IAS Academy History Practice Question Paper - I SRI CHAITANYA IAS ACADEMY COMPONENT WISE COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE PAPER HISTORY Time Allowed : Two Hours Maximum. Marks: 200 INSTRUCTIONS 1. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION, YOU SHOULD CHECK THAT THIS TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR MISSING PAGES OR ITEMS, ETC. IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST BOOKLET. 2. ENCODE CLEARLY THE TEST BOOKLET SERIES A, B, C OR D AS THE CASE MAY BE IN THE APPROPRIATE PLACE IN THE ANSWER SHEET. 3. You have to enter your Roll Number on the Test Booklet in the Box provide alongside. DO NOT write anything else on the Test Booklet. 4. This Test Booklet contains 100 items (questions). Each item comprises four responses (answer). You will select the response which you want to mark on the Answer Sheet. In case you feel that there is more than one correct response, mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for each item. 5. You have to mark all your response ONLY on the separate Answer Sheet provided. See directions in the Answer Sheet. 6. All items carry equal marks. 7. After You have completed filling in all your response on the Answer Sheet and the examination has concluded, you should hand over to the Invigilator only the Answer Sheet. You are permitted to take away with you the Test Booklet. 8. Sheet for rough work are appended in the Test Booklet at the end. 9. Penalty for Wrong answers: THERE WILL BE PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE OBJEC- TIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS. (i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty. (ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as wrong answer even if one of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above to that question. (iii) If a question is left blank. i.e, no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for the question. 1 Sri Chaitanya IAS Academy History Practice Question Paper - I 1. Consider the following statements: List I List II 1) The Cripps Mission recommended the A) Bead Making Factory 1) Kalibangon creation of two Dominion States along B) Pasupathi Mahadeva Seal 2) Mohanjodaro communal lines C) Copper Chariot 3) Chanhudaro 2) The Cabinet Mission Plan rejected the claim D) Furrow Marks 4) Daimabad for a separate Constituent Assembly and a A B C D A B C D separate state for the Muslims. a) 3 2 4 1 b) 4 3 2 1 Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct? b) 3 2 1 4 d) 1 3 4 2 a) 1 only b) 2 only 7. Consider the following statements: c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 1) Like the Dravida temple, the Nagara temple 2. Chhau dance is performed in which of the is also enclosed within a compound wall. following states? 2) The Nagara style of multiple shikharas rising 1) Assam 2) Odisha together as a cluster was not popular in Dravida 3) Jharkhand 4) West Bengal style. Choose the correct answer from the codes 3) The shore temple of Mahablipuram was built given below: during the reign of Rajasimha. a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 2, 3 and 4 Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct? c) 1, 2 and 4 d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 a) 1 and 3 b) 2 and 3 3. Which of the following is believed to be a c) 1, 2 and 3 d) 1 and 2 compilation of the psalms sung by women? 8. Consider the following statements: a) Sumangalavilasini b) Therigatha 1) In Ancient India, Niyoga was the practice of c) Stridharmapaddhati d) Ritusamhara allowing a widow to cohabit with her husband's 4. Consider the following statements regarding younger brother till the birth of a male child. Barabar Caves: 2) In Ancient India, the name of Varahamihira 1) The Barabar caves are the oldest surviving was associated with Mathematics. rock-cut caves in India. Which of the above statement(s) is/are 2) These rock-cut chambers were built during incorrect? the reign of Ashoka. a) 1 only b) 2 only 3) The caves were dedicated to Buddhists. c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 Which of the above statement(s) is/are 9. Consider the following statements: incorrect? 1) The earliest epigraphic evidence for the a) 1 and 2 b) 3 only existence of the Bhagavatha cult is found in c) 2 and 3 d) 1, 2 and 3 Garuda Pillar of Besnagar. 5. Consider the following statements about the 2) The Inscription was in Brahmic script, Rig Vedic Period: erected by Heliodoros. 1) Agriculture was the predominant economic Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct? activity. a) 1 only b) 2 only 2) Rituals related to agriculture had also been c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 described in Satpath Brahmana 10. Which one among the following statement(s) Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct? about the coins of the Gupta rulers is correct? a) 1 only b) 2 only a) The obverse generally had the king's portrait c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 and the reverse had a date. 6. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: 2 Sri Chaitanya IAS Academy History Practice Question Paper - I b) The obverse generally had the king and the d) involved an attempt by the US to queen's portrait and the reverse had an image assassinate Fidel Castro with a small nuclear of a deity or a motif. missile disguised as a cigar. c) The obverse generally had the image of a 14. Consider the following statement(s) about deity and the reverse had a date. Indus Valley Civilisation: d) The obverse generally had the king's portrait 1) The largest number of settlements are in and the reverse had the queen's portrait. Ghaggar-Hakra valley. 11. Which of the following characteristic(s) 2) The main crops of Indus valley civilization describes the nature of religion according to were wheat and rice. Rigveda? 3) Rice husk has been found from Lothal and 1) Vedic scarifies were of two kinds-those Rangpur. conducted by the householder and those that Which of the above statement(s) is/are required ritual specialists. correct? 2) Rig Vedic religion can be described as a) 1 and 3 b) 2 and 3 naturalistic polytheism c) 1, 2 and 3 d) 2 only 3) There are striking similarities between the 15. Which of the following did the Buddha not Rig Vedic religion and the ideas of the Iranian believe in? Avesta. 1) The authority of the Vedas Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct? 2) Superiority of the Brahmans a) 1 and 2 b) 2 and 3 3) The efficacy of sacrifices c) 1, 2 and 3 d) 1 only 4) The theory of rebirth 12. Which of the following are true of Jainism? Select the correct answer using the codes 1) It has affinity with the Vedanta system of given below: philosophy. a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 2, 3 and 4 2) It has affinity with the Sankhya system of c) 1, 2 and 4 d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 philosophy. 16. Consider the following statements: 3) It completely rejected the concept of the soul. 1) Brahmans were exempted from execution or death penalty in all the ancient Indian 4) According to it, the world consists of two scriptures, texts and law books. eternal categories, viz. conscious (jiva) and unconscious (ajiva). 2) Dayabhaga, a treatise on inheritance was written by Jimutavahana. Select the correct answer using the codes given below: 3) The Arthashastra deals with crime and punishment and suggests many forms of a) 1 and 3 b) 2 and 3 execution. c) 3 and 4 d) 2 and 4 Which of the statement(s) given above is/are 13. The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962... correct? a) involved a tense stand-off between the US a) 1 and 2 and the USSR. b) 2 and 3 b) began with an attempt by the Soviet Union c) 3 only to prevent a US nuclear strike against Cuba. d) 1, 2 and 3 c) involved an attempt by the US and the USSR to persuade the Cuban government not to develop weapons of mass destruction. 3 Sri Chaitanya IAS Academy History Practice Question Paper - I 17. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct Which of the above statement(s) is/are answer using the codes given below the lists: incorrect? List I List II a) 1 only b) 2 only A) Hemis Monastery 1) Sikkim c) Both 1 and 2 d) Neither 1 nor 2 B) Mindrolling Monastery 2) Ladakh 22. Match List I with List II and select the correct C) Tsuglagkhang Complex 3) Dehradun answer using the codes given below: D) Rumtek Monastery 4) Dharamsala List I (Authors) List II (Books) A B C D A B C D A) Sudraka 1) Duta Kavya a) 4 1 2 3 b) 2 3 4 1 B) Subandhu 2) Saundarananda c) 4 3 2 1 d) 2 1 4 3 C) Mahendravarman I 3) Mrichchhakatika 18.