Haryana Public Service Commission Preliminary Exam Indian History Questions

Haryana Public Service Commission
Pre Exam held on 25.03.2012
Indian History Solved Questions No-51 To 100

51. In which of the following respects the various Harappan sites a marked uniformity?

• Agricultural Practices
• Crafts
• Town Planning
• None of the above

52.  The entry port for trade between the Indus trading centers and Mesopotamia was:

• Elam
• Oman
• Bahrain
• None of the above

53. The most common crime in Rigveda was:

• Murder
• Kidnapping
• Cattle-lifting
• None of the above

54. The Jana during vedic period refers to:

• District
• Tribe
• Villages
• None of the above

55. What was the normal form of Government in Vedic Period ?

• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Republic
• None of the above

56.Who of the following was the earliest known greek follower of Bhagavatism?

• Megasthenes
• Antialkidas
• Heliodorus
• None of the above

57. The earliest exposition of Saiva System was established by:

• Basava
• Lakula
• Sankaracharya
• None of the above

58.  Under the aegis of which of the following kings was the third Buddhist council held?

• Ashoka
• Kanishka
• Menander (Milinda)
• None of the above

59. Which of the following was first great royal patron of Buddhism?

• Ajatashatru
• Udayayan
• Ashoka
• None of the above

60. Jainism has derived its metaphysical thoughts from:

• Buddhism
• Arivakas
• Samkhya Philosophy
• None of the above

61. Jainsim was propagated in South India by:

• Bhadrabahu
• Gautama
• Sudharaman
• None of the above

62. The Asokan inscriptions and their Brahmi Script were first deciphered by:

• Alexander Cunningham
• Max Mullar
• James Princep
• None of the above

63. The key-note of Ashoka's Policy of Dhamma was:

• Toleration and General Behaviour
• Charity
• Moderation
• None of the above

64. In the Mauryan Period tax evasion was punished with:

• Death
• Confiscation of goods
• Imprisonment
• None of the above

65. The famous Queen's Edict (Minor Pillar Edict-IV) inscribed on a pillar at Allahabad was issued by Ashoka's queen:

• Vedisa Mahadevi
• Asandhamitra
• Karuvaki
• None of the above

66. Kautilya's Arthashastra's chapter on Kantak-Shodhana is mostly devoted to:

• Regulation of profits, wages and prices
• Regulation against adulteration of goods
• Strict control of artisans and traders by the state
• None of the above

67. An early ancient Indian city, which was a nodal point for trade routes from east to west and from North to South, was:

• Mathura
• Vidisha
• Ujjain
• None of the above

68. In the Mauryan Government women could be employed as:

• Royal Bodyguards
• Superintendents of weaving establishments
• Intelligence agents & spices
• All the above

69. Which one of the following rulling dynasties of South India was the biggest rival of the Cholas?

• The Pandyas
• The Chalukyas of Kalyani
• The Gangas of Orissa
• None of the above

70. Who of the following Chola kings assumed the title of the Mummadi Chola?

• Vijayalaya
• Rajaraya
• Rajendra I
• None of the above

71. In the Chola kingdom, a very large village administered as a single unit was called:

• Nadu
• Kurram
• Kottram
• All the above

72. The first sultan of Delhi to issue regular currency and declare Delhi as the capital of his empire was:

• Aram Shah
• Iltumish
• Nasiruddin Mahmud
• None of the above

73. From the death of Iltumish till the accession of Balban the actual power was wielded by:

• The army
• The nobility
• The theologians
• None of the above

74. In a formal sense, which of the following correctly describes the nature of the state during sultanate period in India?

• Theocracy
• Democracy
• Autocracy
• None of the above

75. During Sultanate period, the nobility of the sultanate was largely composed of:

• Arabs
• Afghans
• Turks
• None of the above

76. Who were called barids?

• The spy reporters
• The king's bodyguards
• The officers in-charge of accounts and receipts
• None of the above

77. The South India ruler whose kingdom could not be annexed to sultanate of Delhi by the Tughlaq?

• Yadavas of Devagiri
• Kakatiyas of Warangal
• Hoysalas of Dwarasumudra
• None of the above

78. Krishnadeva Raya belonged to the :

• Sangama dynasty
• Saluva dynasty
• Tuluva dynasty
• None of the above

79. Which of the following crops in Vijayanagar empire was widely exported?

• Black Pepper
• Tea
• Tobacco
• None of the above

80. With the construction of which of the following buildings of Mandu is the name of Mahmud Khilji not associated?

• Hindola Mahal
• Jahaz Mahal
• Jama Maszid
• None of the above

81. Which of the following introduced Perso-Arabic melodies (ragas) into Indian Music?

• Firdausi
• Sadi
• Amir Khusrau
• None of the above

82. The sultan of Delhi who did not contribute to the development of composite Hindustani music was :

• Kaiqubad
• Alauddin Khilji
• Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
• None of the above

83. Which one of the following territories was not under the possession of the Afghans at the time of Akbar's accession?

• Malwa
• Bengal
• Mewat
• None of the above     

84. Which one of the following province in north-west proved to be most valuable of acquisition of Akbar?

• Kabul
• Kashmir
• Kandhar
• None of the above

85. The English governor in India who was expelled by Aurangzeb was :

• Aungier
• Sir Jhon Child
• Sir John Gayer
• None of the above

86. Who called the English in Bengal a company of base , quarrelling people and foul dealers?

• Aurangzeb
• Shayista Khan, Mughal Governor of Bengal
• Mir Jumla
• None of the above

87. The chief gain to shivaji from his two raids on surat in 1664 and 1670 was:

• Immense increase in his prestige
• Demoralisation of the Mughal Forces
• A loot of booty
• None of the above

88. The most important achievement of Madhav Rao was that :

• He stored Shah Alam II, the exiled Mughal emperor, to the Delhi throne
• He subdued the Bhonsles of Nagpur
• He improved the moral tone of the Marathon administration
• None of the above

89. The Maratha Chief who did not join the alliance against the English at first and took the field only when it was too late?

• Holkar
• Bhonsle
• Gaekwar
• None of the above

90. The Maratha navy in the Eighteenth century was developed by:

• The Sindhias
• The Gaikwars
• The Angrias
• None of the above

91. The backbone of the armies of the misls was the:

• Infantary
• Cavalary
• Artillery
• None of the above

92. In fourth Anglo Mysore war (1799), Tipu was defeated and killed, who of the following did not get share in tipu's territories?

• The English
• The Marathas
• The Nizam
• None of the above

93. Who of the following Nawab/Governors of Bengal concluded a treaty with the Maratha and agreed to pay them an annual tribute as Chauth and ceded to them the revenues of a part of Orissa?

• Marshid Qulikhan
• Shuja-ud-din
• Alivardi Khan
• None of the above

94. Ahmad shah abdali or durrani was one of the nadir shah's ablest generals. He invaded india several times between 1748-1767. During which one of his campaigns was he defeated and put to flight ?

• First
• Third
• Fifth
• None of the above

95. What was the prime mistake committed by siraj ud daula in his campaign against the English in june 1756?

• He failed to assess the real strength of the English in Bengal.
• He was ignorant of the treachery of men in his court.
• He let the English escape with their ships to Fulta.
• He failed to win the support of his cousin Shakut Jang

96. After Bengal, the English secured the rights of duty free trade in the dominions of :

• Raya of Benaras
• Nawab of Awadh
• The Nizam of Hyderabad
• None of the above

97. In 1775, who reffered to the nawab of Bengal as a Phantom, a man of straw ?

• Warren Hastings
• A member of the court of Directors
• A judge of the supreme court of Calcutta
• None of the above

98. The ryotwari settlement was primarily introduced by British Government in ?

• Bengal & Bihar
• United Provinces
• Madras & Bombay
• None of the above

99. The trade which was virtually monopolised by the European merchants in india, was :

• Import trade
• Textile export
• Export trade in Agriculture produce
• None of the above

100. India's growing poverty under the British rule is confirmed by :

• Increasing frequency and Intensity of Famines
• b) Increasing indebtedness of the Peasantry
• c) Transfer of land from cultivating to non cultivating classes
• d) None of the above

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