PSC HSST History SR for SC/ST Model Questions and Answers

51. Which of the following is not a site of Indus Valley Civilization ?
(A) Kot-diji (B) Bimbetka
(C) Dholawira (D) Lothal
Answer: B

52. Arrange in Chronological sequence the following travellers’ visit to India.
1) Ibn Batuta
2) Huentsang
3) Fahien
4) Bernier
(A) 3, 2, 1, 4 (B) 1, 2, 3, 4
(C) 2, 3, 4, 1 (D) 4, 3, 2, 1
Answer: A

53. ‘Kalavu’ and ‘Karpu’ are terms associated with
(A) Barter System (B) Social Division
(C) Marriage System (D) None of the above
Answer: C

54. Which of the following is not included in Ettutokai works ?
(A) Patittupathu (B) Akananuru
(C) Nattinai (D) Thirukkural
Answer: D

55. Which is the earliest Neolithic site in India ?
(A) Lothal (B) Sind
(C) Nalgonda (D) Mehergarh
Answer: D

56. Sargon inscription of Sumeria refers to Indus Valley as
(A) Hind (B) Makan
(C) Meluha (D) Akkad
Answer: C

57. The term used in Vedas to denote cattle lifting
(A) Gopathi (B) Gavishti
(C) Godhuli (D) Gomatha
Answer: B

58. ‘Majma-al-Bahrain’, the Persian work, deals with the essential unity between Islam and Hinduism. Who among the following is the author of the work ?
(A) Dara Shukov (B) Nizamudhin Auliya
(C) Ziaudhin Barani (D) Gulbadan Begum
Answer: A

59. Who put-forth the hypothesis of urban revolution in North India during the Sultanate period ?
(A) K. M. Ashraf (B) Moreland
(C) Mohamed Habib (D) K. S. Lal
Answer: C

60. Which of the following work of Krishna Devaraya was written in Telugu language ?
(A) Ratnamalika (B) Raghuvamsha
(C) Mahanataka Sudhaniti (D) Amuktamalyada
Answer: D

61. ‘Neel Darpan’, the drama that depicts the woes of Indigo peasants was written by
(A) Vasubandhu Mitra (B) Surendranath Sen
(C) Bankim Chandra (D) Debendranath Tagore
Answer: A

62. Who was the first nationalist leader to call 1857 revolt as an organized war for national independence ?
(A) Subhas Chandra Bose (B) V. D. Savarkar
(C) Lala Lajpath Rai (D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: B

63. ‘The congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambition while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise’. Who made this observation ?
(A) Lord Dalhousie (B) Petwick Lawrence
(C) Lord Curzon (D) Lord Canning
Answer: C

64. ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, the national song of Bangladesh was composed by
(A) Soumendranath Tagore (B) Surendranath Banerjee
(C) Arabindo Gosh (D) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: D

65. Who among the following was associated with the nationalist newspaper ‘Al-Hilal’ ?
(A) Hazrath Mohani (B) Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (D) Moulana Muhammadali
Answer: B

66. Who among the following was not included in the INA prisoners tried at Red Fort in Delhi ?
(A) Rashbihari Bose (B) Sha Nawaz Khan
(C) Prem Seghal (D) Gurdayal Sing Dhillon
Answer: A

67. Which of the following is the autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru ?
(A) My Struggles
(B) An Autobiography of an unknown Indian
(C) An Autobiography
(D) My Experiments with Truth
Answer: C

68. Of the following forts established by the Europeans in India, which one was located at Madras ?
(A) Fort St. David (B) Fort William
(C) Fort Louis (D) Fort St. George
Answer: D

69. Who among the following was a member of the state Re-organization commission appointed by Jawaharlal Nehru ?
(A) Dr. Ambedkar (B) V. P. Menon
(C) K. M. Panikkar (D) K. M. Munshi
Answer: C

70. Who attended all the three Round Table Conferences ?
(A) M. M. Malavya (B) Vallabhabhai patel
(C) Mahatma Gandhi (D) B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: D

71. Which of the following is a work on Tamil Grammer ?
(A) Pathupattu (B) Tolkapiyam
(C) Nattinai (D) Cilappathikaram
Answer: B

72. As per Mooshaka vamsha, the founder of Mooshaka dynasty is
(A) Srikantha (B) Srivallaba
(C) Ramaghata (D) Nannan
Answer: C

73. Of the following Swaroopams, which one was located at Calicut ?
(A) Nediyiruppu Swarupam
(B) Kolam Swaroopam
(C) Tripapur Swaroopam
(D) Perumpadappu Swaroopam
Answer: A

74. Which of the following is the Kannada counterpart of Keralolpathi in Malayalam ?
(A) Kerala Mahatmyam (B) Gramapadathi
(C) Sankarasmriti (D) Sankara Narayaniyam
Answer: B

75. Who among the following first discovered the Edakkal cave engravings ?
(A) Babington (B) Mortimer Wheeler
(C) Robert Bruce Foote (D) F. Fawcett
Answer: D