Q.1 Consider the following statements :

1. Sunderban is declared as Ramsar site in 2019

2. Sunderban was desIgnatd as Biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2001

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) Both are correct

D) Both are incorrect

Ans. C

1. Sunderban is declared as Ramsar site in 2019

2. Sunderban was desIgnatd as Biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2001

Q.2  With reference to the Carlye Circular, consider the following statements :

1. It was issued by the Chief secretary of British India, Lord stanley on 22 Oct 1905

2. It was termed as the declaration of slavery

3. It was issued when the Indian youth started opposing western education against the partition of bengal

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

A) Only 2

B) 1 & 3

C) Only 3

D) 2 & 3

Ans. D

It was issued by the chief secretary of Bengal, Thomas Carlyle on 22 October 1905.

According to the circular ‘If any college violates the government order and the student quits the educational institution

then no assistance will be provided by the government to the institute’. It was termed the declaration of slavery.

Q.3 With reference to Santhal rebellion, consider the following statements :

1. The revold took place to expel the outsiders from the area of Daman-i-Koh & to oppress the Zamindari system

2. A separate district of santhal Pargana was created by the government to pacify the Santhals

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

A) Only 1

B) Only 2

C) Both are correct

D) Both are incorrect

Ans. C

The revolt took place to expel the outsiders from the area of Daman-i-Koh & to oppress the Zamindari system

A separate district of santhal Pargana was created by the government to pacify the Santhals

The Santhal rebellion was a rebellion in present-day Jharkhand and West Bengal , Eastern India against both the British East India Company (BEIC) and zamindari system by the Santhal.

It started on June 30, 1855 and on November 10, 1855, martial law was proclaimed by the East India Company which lasted until January 3, 1856 when martial law was suspended and the rebellion was eventually suppressed by the Presidency armies.

The rebellion was led by the four sibling Brothers – Sidhu, Kanhu, Chand and Bhairav

Q.4 Which among the following is/are correctly matched ?

1. Hatta – Market Streets

2. Manigramam and Nanadesi – Taxes

3. Kaikkolars – Weavers

Which among the above statements is/are correct ?

A) Only 1

B) 1 & 3

C) 1 & 2

D) 1,2,3

Ans. B

Manigramam and Nanadesi- There were several such guilds in south India

from the eighth

Weavers such as the Saliyar or Kaikkolars

Q.5 Which among the following is/are correctly matched ?

1. Moors – Muslim Merchants

2. Devadasis – Temple dancers

3. Hundi – Note recording a deposit

Which among the above statements is/are correct ?

A) Only 1

B) 1 & 3

C) 1 & 2

D) 1,2,3

Ans. D

Q.6 Which among the following is/are correctly matched ?

1. Moors – Muslim Merchants

2. Devadasis – Temple dancers

3. Hundi – Note recording a deposit

Which among the above statements is/are correct ?

A) Only 1

B) 1 & 3

C) 1 & 2

D) 1,2,3

Ans. D

Q.7 With reference to the Banjaras, what was Tanda ?

A) Caravan

B) Horses

C) Raw materials

D) Food grains

Ans. A

These Banjaras carry their household – wives and children – along with them.

One tanda consists of many families.

Q.8 With reference to the ancient history, which among the following is/are

correctly matched ?

1. Kansari – Bell Metal Workers

2. Kolu – Oil Pressers

3. Chauchala – Four roofed temples

Which among the above statements is/are correct ?

A) Only 1

B) 1 & 3

C) 1 & 2

D) 1,2,3

Ans. D

Double-roofed – Dochala

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Q.9 With reference to the modern period who was Mufti ?

A) A jurist of the Muslim community responsible for expounding the law

B) It is a term given to Faujdari Adalat

C) Interpretations of local laws given by Brahman Pandits

D) None of the above

Ans. A

A criminal court (faujdari adalat ) and a civil court (diwani adalat)

Qazi – A judge

Mufti – A jurist of the Muslim community responsible for expounding the law that the qazi would administer

Other terms :

Dharmashastras – Sanskrit texts prescribing social rules and codes of behaviour, composed from c. 500 BCE onwards

Sawar – Men on horses

Musket – A heavy gun used by infantry soldiers

Matchlock – An early type of gun in which the powder was ignited by a match

Q.10 With reference to the ancient history, which among the following is/are

correctly matched ?

1. Kansari – Bell Metal Workers

2. Kolu – Oil Pressers

3. Chauchala – Four roofed temples

Which among the above statements is/are correct ?

A) Only 1

B) 1 & 3

C) 1 & 2

D) 1,2,3

Ans. D

Double-roofed – Dochala

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