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Q.1) With reference to Indian history, consider Q.4) With reference to Medieval South India,
DO NOT OPEN THIS TEST BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO the following statements: consider the following pairs:
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Term Description
Test Code: 221141 happened during the reign of Jalal-uddin

A
Khalji.
TEST BOOKLET 1. Vellanvagai Land granted for the
2. During the reign of Ala-ud-din Khalji, one construction of village
GENERAL STUDIES Mongol assault marched up to Delhi and tank
besieged the city.
3. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq temporarily lost 2. Devadana Villages donated to a
Time Allowed: ONE HOUR Maximum Marks: 100 portions of the north-west of his kingdom single Brahmin or a
INSTRUCTIONS to Mongols. group of Brahmins

1. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXAMINATION, YOU SHOULD CHECK

Which of the statements given above is/are
3. Pallichchhandam Land granted to Jaina
correct?
THAT THIS TEST BOOKLET DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNPRINTED OR TORN OR MISSING PAGES institutions
a) 1 and 2
OR ITEMS ETC. IF SO, GET IT REPLACED BY A COMPLETE TEST BOOK. b) 2 only How many of the pairs given above are
2. Please note that it is the candidate’s responsibility to encode and fill in the Roll Number and c) 1 and 3 correctly matched?
d) 3 only a) Only one
Test Booklet Series A, B, C or D carefully without any omission or discrepancy at the
b) Only two
appropriate places in the OMR Answer Sheet. Any omission/discrepancy will render the Answer
Q.2) In the context of the Mughal c) All three
Sheet liable for rejection. d) None
Name: Administration, the term ‘Abwab’ is best
3. You have to enter your Name, Email Id and referred to which of the following?
Mobile No. on the test booklet in the Box Email Id: a) It was a reward given to Mansabdars for Q.5) In Medieval India, the designations
good governance. ‘Mahattara’ and ‘Pattakila’ were used for:
provided alongside. DO NOT write anything
Mobile No: a) military officers
else on the Test Booklet. b) It was a kind of toll tax levied on the
b) village headmen
traders.
4. This Test Booklet contains 50 items (questions). Each item is printed in English. Each item c) specialists in Vedic rituals
c) They were high-ranking military officials in
comprises four responses (answers). You will select the response which you want to mark on d) chiefs of craft guilds
the Mughal army.
the Answer Sheet. In case you feel that there is more than one correct response, mark the d) It was a tax imposed on land in addition to
Q.6) In early-medieval India, what was the
response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for each item. the original rent.
main reason behind the tripartite struggle
5. You have to mark all your responses ONLY on the separate Answer Sheet provided.
among the rulers of the Gurjara Pratihara,
Q.3) Which of the following statements are
See directions in the Answer Sheet. Rashtrakuta and Pala dynasties?
correct regarding agriculture during the
6. All items carry equal marks. a) To gain control over the rich iron deposits
Mughal period?
7. Before you proceed to mark in the Answer Sheet the response to various items in the Test of Chhota Nagpur plateau.
1. ‘Pahi-kashta’ were owners of small sized
b) To gain control over the imperial city of
Booklet, you have to fill in some particulars in the Answer Sheet as per instructions sent to you landholdings, who cultivated their own
Delhi.
with your Admission Certificate. land.
c) To gain control over the city of Kanauj in
8. After you have completed filling in all your responses on the Answer Sheet and the examination
2. The Mughal state encouraged the peasants the Ganga valley.
to cultivate cash crops such as cotton and d) To gain control over the fertile areas of the
has concluded, you should hand over to the Invigilator only the Answer Sheet. You are
sugarcane. Deccan Plateau region.
permitted to take away with you the Test Booklet. 3. Sericulture was practiced in the regions of
9. Sheets for rough work are appended in the Test Booklet at the end. Bengal and Assam. Q.7) Consider the following personalities:
10. Penalty for wrong answers: Select the correct answer using the code given 1. Tansen
THERE WILL BE PENALTY FOR WRONG ANSWERS MARKED BY A CANDIDATE IN THE
below: 2. Amir Khusro
OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION PAPERS. a) 1 and 2 only 3. Surdas
(i) There are four alternatives for the answer to every question. For each question for which b) 1 and 3 only 4. Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak (Faizi)
a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third of the marks assigned to that c) 2 and 3 only 5. Abul Fazl
question will be deducted as penalty. d) 1, 2 and 3 How many of the above were contemporaries
(ii) If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as wrong answer even if one of Mughal Emperor Akbar?
of the given answers happens to be correct and there will be same penalty as above to a) Only two
that question. b) Only three
(iii) If a question is left bank i.e., no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no c) Only four
penalty for that question. d) All five

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Q.8) Consider the following pairs with Q.11) With reference to Indian history, who of Q.15) The motive behind Shah Jahan’s Balkh b) 1 and 2 only
reference to the Delhi Sultanate period: the following were known as “Kulah-Daran”? campaign was to: c) 2, 3 and 4 only
Tax Levied Description a) Arab merchants a) Secure a friendly ruler in Balkh and d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
1. Khums Mandatory donations of their b) Qalandars Badakshan which bordered Kabul
annual savings made by Muslims c) Persian calligraphists b) Conquer Samarqand and Ferghana, the Q.19) Arrange the following travelers in
for the benefit of the needy. d) Sayyids Mughal homelands chronological order of their visits to India,
2. Zakat Tax levied on sale and purchase c) Fix the Mughal frontier on the ‘scientific starting from the earliest:
of lands in provinces Q.12) During whose reign did Timur, a ruler line’ the Amu Daria 1. Afanasii Nikitich Nikitin
3. Jizyah Tax levied on non-Muslims who from Central Asia, invade India? d) Expand the Mughal Empire beyond the 2. Duarte Barbosa
had been given the status of a) Muhammad bin Tughlaq sub-continent 3. Mahmud Wali Balkhi
zimmis/protected people by the b) Jalal-ud-din Khalji 4. Antonio Monserrate
state. c) Firuz Shah Tughlaq Q.16) In the context of Indian literature, Select the correct answer using the code given
Which of the pairs given above is/are d) Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Tughlaq Manipravalam refers to: below:
correctly matched? a) a dialect in Malayalam spoken by a) 2-1-3-4
a) 1 only Q.13) With reference to the Zabti system of Namboodiri Brahmins. b) 3-1-2-4
b) 2 and 3 only revenue assessment under the Mughals, b) a hybrid literary language blending Sanskrit c) 1-2-4-3
c) 3 only consider the following statements: and a regional language like Malayalam. d) 1-4-3-2
d) 1 and 3 only 1. It was developed and formalised during c) a form of Tamil-Kannada hybrid literature
Aurangzeb’s reign for the first time. from the Chola period. Q.20) With reference to Mughal emperor
Q.9) Consider the following information: 2. On the basis of productivity and prevailing d) a type of Jain literature written in Akbar’s socio-religious policies, which of the
Foreign Visited during Book prices, different regions were divided for Ardhamagadhi. following statements are correct?
Traveller the reign of revenue purposes into different circles. 1. He abolished the Jizya tax on non-Muslims.
1. Ibn Battuta Muhammad- Rihla 3. It was introduced mainly in the region of Q.17) This dynasty ruled over Odisha from the 2. He abolished the practice of Sati among
bin-Tughlaq Gujarat and Bengal. 11th to 15th century and is renowned for its Hindu widows.
2. Abdur Iltutmish Matla-us- Which of the statements given above is/are contributions to temple architecture. One of 3. He introduced Din-i Ilahi, a spiritual
Razzaq Sadain wa correct? its most famous rulers, Anantavarman, doctrine that reflected divine monotheism.
Samarqandi Majma-ul a) 1 and 2 only commissioned the construction of the 4. He set up a translation department for
Bahrain b) 2 only Jagannath Temple in Puri. Later rulers, such as translating different literary works from
3. Francois Ghyiasuddin Khazain- c) 2 and 3 only Narasimhadeva I, built the Sun Temple at various languages to Persian.
Bernier Tughlaq ul-Futuh d) 3 only Konark. Select the correct answer using the code given
In how many of the above rows is the given Which of the following dynasties is best below:
information correctly matched? Q.14) With reference to the Mansabdari system described in the above passage? a) 1 and 2 only
a) Only one under the Mughals, consider the following a) Sena dynasty b) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) Only two statements: b) Somavamshi dynasty c) 3 and 4 only
c) All three 1. The Sawar rank determined the number of c) Eastern Ganga dynasty d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
d) None horses and horsemen the Mansabdar had d) Eastern Chalukya dynasty
to furnish. Q.21) Which one of the following statements is
Q.10) Consider the following events in the 2. Mansabdars were generally given Q.18) Al-Beruni came from Uzbekistan to India NOT correct?
history of Kashmir region of India: permanent and hereditary land holdings for in the 11th century and contributed to various a) Sharaf Qai was a minister of Allauddin
1. Rise of Karkota dynasty under King their service to the empire. fields. In this context, consider the following Khilji.
Durlabhavardhana. 3. The Do Aspa Sih Aspa system introduced by statements: b) Under Giyasuddin Tughluq Muqtis were
2. Establishment of Utpala dynasty under Jhangir under the Mansabdari system was a 1. He authored Kitab-ul-Hind. warned not to ill-treat any of their officials
Avantivarman. way of granting additional Zat rank to the 2. He provided a detailed account of the for small amounts taken over and above
3. Establishment of the Lohara dynasty under Mansabdar without affecting his Sawar Varna system in India. their salaries.
Sangramaraja. rank. 3. He translated Patanjali’s work on grammar c) The Arabic work masalik-i-Absar gives a
What is the correct chronological order of the Which of the statements given above is/are into Arabic. description of the functioning of the Iqta
above events, starting from the earliest? correct? 4. He played a key role in translating Euclid’s system under Muhammad-bin- Tughluq.
a) 1-2-3 a) 1 only mathematical works from Greek into d) Marco Polo has not mentioned about the
b) 1-3-2 b) 1 and 2 only Sanskrit. Pearl Fishery of Tuticorin in South India.
c) 2-1-3 c) 2 and 3 only Which of the statements given above are
d) 2-3-1 d) 1 and 3 only correct?
a) 1, 3 and 4 only

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Q.22) In the context of Mughal administration, Q.24) With reference to the Mughal period, Q.27) As per Ain-i- Akbari, the land was 3. Vallabhi
consider the following pairs: consider the following statements: classified based on the frequency of cultivation 4. Jagaddala
Administrative Post Description 1. Abu Al Faiz Ibn Mubarak, better known as during the Akbar’s reign. In this context 5. Somapura
1. Mir Saman Responsible for Faizi, translated Bhaskaracharya’s famous consider the following pairs: How many of the above universities were
overseeing the royal mathematical work Lilavati into Persian established by the Pala rulers?
Classification Description
during this period. a) Only two
Karkhanas. of Land
b) Only three
2. Sadr-us-Sadur Head of ecclesiastical 2. The Persian wheel, introduced during
1. Chachar Land left uncultivated for at c) Only four
(religious) affairs. Babur’s reign, was a significant
least 5 or more years. d) All five
3. Mir Bakshi Chief commander of the advancement in water-lifting technology.
Mughal army. 3. Jahangir in his tuzuk-i-Jahangiri recorded
2. Polaj Land annually cultivated in Q.31) Consider the following statements
4. Diwan-i-kul Chief Diwan responsible his observations and experiments of
succession for each crop regarding Indian Feudalism in the early
for revenue and hybridization in animals.
and never left fallow. medieval period:
finances. Which of the statements given above are
1. The revenue assignments were called
How many of the above pairs are correctly correct? 3. Parauti Land left out of cultivation Bhoga.
matched? a) 1 and 2 only for a time so that it 2. The hereditary chiefs neither collected
a) Only one b) 2 and 3 only recovers its strength. revenues nor assumed administrative
b) Only two c) 1 and 3 only powers.
Which of the pairs given above is/are
c) Only three d) 1, 2 and 3 Which of the statement(s) given above is/are
correctly matched?
d) All four a) 1 only correct?
Q.25) Consider the following statements about b) 2 and 3 a) Only 1
Q.23) With reference to revenue assessment Alauddin Khilji’s market policy: c) 1 and 3 b) Only 2
and collection system during Mughal rule in 1. He placed markets under the control of a d) 1 and 2 c) Both 1 and 2
India, consider the following Pairs: high officer called ‘Shahna’ for strictly d) Neither 1 nor 2
Term related to Meaning/description controlling the shopkeepers and prices. Q.28) Which of the following travelers provides
2. In order to ensure a regular supply of a graphic account about the way silver Q.32) With reference to Indian history,
Revenue
cheap foodgrains, he ordered the land travelled across the globe to reach India consider the following pairs:
assessment or
revenue from Doab region to be paid during the seventeenth century? Literary Work Author
revenue collection
directly to the state. a) Giovanni Careri 1. Shanti Purana Jinsena
1. Hasil It was the estimated or 2. Nyaya Kundali Sridhar Bhatta
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are b) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
assessed amount of 3. Ramacharitam Sandhyakar Nandi
correct? c) John Fryer
revenue for a particular How many of the pairs given above are
a) Only 1 d) Sir Thomas Roe
region and was different correctly matched?
from actual amount of b) Only 2
Q.29) With reference to Medieval Indian a) Only one
revenue collection. c) Both 1 and 2
literature, consider the following statements b) Only two
2. Ghalla Bakshi It was a term used for d) Neither 1 nor 2 c) All three
about Ain-i-Akbari:
the revenue collection 1. It was written by Mughal court poet Abu’l d) None
system based on crop Q.26) With reference to Indian history, which
Fazl.
sharing where the state of the following best describes the Jajmani Q.33) With reference to the Rashtrakuta ruler
2. It provided the theory of sovereignty based
directly shared the system? Amoghavarsha I, consider the following
on religious Shariah law.
produce with peasants. a) A form of bonded labour where lower 3. Heinrich Blochmann and H.S. Jarrett played statements:
3. Jama/ It was the actual amount castes were required to work for upper an important role in translating the book 1. He was a patron of the Sanskrit
Tashkhis of revenue collection by castes without wages. into English. grammarian Sakatayana.
the state. b) A system of land grants given by the state Which of the statements given above is/are 2. He invaded the Chola kingdom and
How many of the above pairs are correctly to lower castes in exchange for hereditary correct? captured Kanchi and Thanjavur.
matched? services. a) 1 and 2 3. Kavirajamarga, one of the earliest known
c) A complementary relationship between the b) 2 only Kannada works, is ascribed to his court
a) Only one
groups of dominant peasant castes on the c) 2 and 3 poet Sri Vijaya.
b) Only two
one hand and service and artisan castes on d) 1 and 3 Which of the statements given above is/are
c) All three
the other. correct?
d) None
Q.30) Consider the following ancient a) 1 and 2 only
d) A taxation system where artisans and
Universities in India: b) 2 and 3 only
service providers paid dues to the ruling
1. Vikramashila c) 1 and 3 only
elite in return for occupational rights.
2. Oddantapuri d) 3 only

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Q.34) With reference to the Rashtrakuta kings, Q.37) Regarding the policies of Iltutmish, the Q.40) With reference to the Delhi Sultanate, Q.43) Consider the following statements
consider the following pairs: Ilbari ruler of Delhi Sultanate, which of the consider the following statements: regarding Sher Shah’s reforms and
Rashtrakuta Cultural Contribution following statements is/are correct? 1. The office of ‘Mir Bakshi’ came into administrative changes:
King 1. He shifted the capital of the Sultanate from existence during the reign of Sikandar Lodi. 1. He implemented a standardized currency
1. Krishna I Commissioned the rock- Lahore to Delhi. 2. In the administration of Delhi Sultanate, system by issuing a large number of gold,
cut Kailasanatha temple at 2. He introduced the Tanka coins of silver and the ‘Khuts’ functioned at the village level. silver and copper coins and fixing their
Ellora Jital coins of copper. 3. The head of the military department acted rates relative to each other.
2. Krishna III Patronized Kannada poet 3. He was the first Sultan of Delhi to pay all as the commander-in-chief of the army. 2. He increased the number of custom duties
Ponna his soldiers in cash instead of land grants. Which of the statements given above is/are and number of checkpoints to collect
3. Dhruva III Authored the Sanskrit Select the correct answer using the code given correct? custom duties along trade routes to
treatise Prasnottaramalika below: a) 2 and 3 only standardise trade and commerce
How many of the pairs given above are a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 only throughout his empire.
correctly matched? b) 2 only c) 2 only 3. Regarding the improvement of the law and
a) Only one c) 1 and 2 only d) 1, 2 and 3 order situation in his empire, he made
b) Only two d) 2 and 3 only village headmen responsible for stolen
c) All three Q.41) Consider the following statements and goods within their jurisdiction.
d) None Q.38) With reference to Delhi Sultan Firoz choose the answer using the codes given Which of the statements given above are
Shah Tughlaq, which of the following below: correct?
Q.35) Which of the following statements about statements is/are correct? Statement I: The Zamindars were an a) 1 and 2 only
Akbar are correct? 1. He started a new department ‘Diwan-i- exploitative class in Mughal India. b) 1 and 3 only
1. In the 1560s, Akbar had the Fort of Agra Kohi’ for the development of agriculture. Statement II: The Zamindars often received c) 2 and 3 only
constructed. 2. He made the Iqtadari system hereditary. the support of the peasantry in a large number d) 1, 2 and 3
2. In 1570s, Akbar decided to build a new 3. He abolished the Jiziya as well as the of agrarian uprisings in North India in the 17th
capital at Fatehpur Sikri. Pilgrimage tax which were imposed on century. Q.44) He was an Ethiopian slave who rose to
3. Akbar also commissioned a white marble non-Muslims. Codes become the Military Commander and Prime
tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti at Sikri. Select the correct answer using the code given a) Both the statements are individually true, Minister of Nizam Shahi kingdom of
4. In 1585, Akbar decided to shift the capital below: and statement II is the correct explanation Ahmadnagar. He revolutionised land
back to Agra. a) 2 only of statement I settlement and land revenue in the Deccan to
Select the correct answer using the codes b) 1 and 3 only b) Both the statements are individually true, the extent that it formed the basis of almost all
given below. c) 1 only but statement II is not the correct the later land-reforms in the Deccan. His
a) 1, 2 and 4 d) 3 only explanation of statement I military and revenue strategies later helped
b) 1, 2 and 3 c) Statement I is true, but statement II is false the Marathas in emerging as a powerful force
c) 2, 3 and 4 Q.39) With reference to the condition of d) Statement I is false, but statement II is true. after his death in 1626.
d) 3 and 4 only Muslim women in the Delhi Sultanate, Which one of the following historical
consider the following statements: Q.42) With reference to medieval India, personalities is being described in the above
Q.36) Consider the following statements about 1. They were not allowed to inherit the consider the following battles: paragraph?
Ghiyas-ud-din Balban: property of their parents. 1. First Battle of Panipat a) Jamal-ul-Din Yakut
1. He is believed to have introduced the 2. They were not allowed to learn to read and 2. Battle of Chanderi b) Malik Ambar
Persian festival of Nauroz in India. write. 3. Battle of Ghagra c) Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha
2. He established the ‘Turkan-i-Chahalgani’ to 3. They were not allowed to obtain divorce 4. Battle of Khanwa d) Taj al-Din Yalduz
advise the Sultan in administering the from their husband. Which of the following is the correct
sultanate. Which of the statements given above is/are chronological order of the above given battles, Q.45) Which of the following phrases defines
3. His rule marked the beginning of new court incorrect? starting from the earliest?: the nature of the ‘Hundi’ generally referred to
customs like Sijada and Paibos. a) 1 only a) 1-2-3-4 in the sources of the post-Harsha period?
Which of the statements given above is/are b) 1 and 2 only b) 2-1-3-4 a) An advisory issued by the king to his
correct? c) 2 and 3 only c) 1-4-2-3 subordinates.
a) 1 and 3 only d) 1, 2 and 3 d) 2-4-3-1 b) A diary to be maintained for daily accounts.
b) 1 only c) A bill of exchange.
c) 2 and 3 only d) An order from the feudal lord to his
d) 1, 2 and 3 subordinates.

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Q.46) In context to Delhi Sultanate, consider Select the correct answer using the code given
the following events: below:
1. Raziyya became the Sultan of Delhi a) 1 and 2
2. Construction of Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque b) 2 only
3. Aram Shah ascended the throne of Delhi c) 1 and 3
sultanate d) 3 only
4. Sayyid dynasty founded by Khizr Khan
What is the correct chronological order of the Q.50) Consider the following statements
above events, starting from the earliest? regarding Devapala, the ruler of the Pala
a) 2-1-3-4 dynasty:
b) 1-3-4-2 1. He is known for defeating Amoghavarsha I,
c) 2-3-1-4 the ruler of the Rashtrakuta dynasty.
d) 1-2-3-4 2. He granted land to Balaputradeva, the ruler
of the Sailendra dynasty of Sumatra for
Q.47) With reference to Delhi Sultanate period, maintenance of the Buddhist monastery at
consider the following pairs: Nalanda.
Books Author 3. The Buddhist philosopher Haribhadra was
1. Chachnama Al-Biruni patronized by him and was his spiritual
2. Tarikh-i-Firozshahi Ziauddin Barani preceptor.
3. Tabaqat-i-Nasari Minhaj-i-Siraj Which of the statements given above is/are
4. Tuti Nama Zia al-Din Nakshabi correct?
How many of the pairs given above are a) 1 and 2 only
correctly matched? b) 2 only
a) Only one c) 3 only
b) Only two d) 1, 2 and 3
c) Only three
d) All four

Q.48) Consider the following dynasties:

1. Gurjara-Pratiharas
2. Hoysalas
3. Palas
4. Paramaras
How many of the above dynasties established
their kingdoms in the eighth century CE?
a) Only one
b) Only two
c) Only three
d) All four

Q.49) Which of the following statements

regarding Tomar dynasty king Anangpal II
is/are incorrect?
1. He is credited to have established and
populated Dhillikapuri/Delhi during his
reign.
2. He was defeated by Ghurid forces in the
first Battle of Tarain.
3. He built a fortified settlement called Lal Kot
fort in the 11th century.

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