____________ ruled from Madurai.

1. Patitrupathu

2. eleven Veliechieftains

3. The Pandyas

4. kalabras

___________literally meant divine monotheism.

1. Sher Shah

2. Mirza Hakim

3. Mansabdar

4. Tauhid-i-Ilahi

Assertion (A): Salabat Jung, the Nizam of Hyderabad, without fighting a battle signed an agreement with the British
Reason(R): The Nizam transferred Masulipatam and Northern Circars from the French to the English

1. A & R are correct.

2. A is correct; Ris not the correct explanation of A.

3. Ais correct; R is the correct explanation of A.

4. A & R are wrong

Babur left a difficult task for his son___________.

1. Safavids

2. Sunni Islam

3. Babur

4. Humayun

Chola rulers appointed _______________ as spiritual preceptors or rajagurus.

1. the Vaigai river

2. Rajaraja I

3. Chonadu

4. Brahmins

In the Military organization of Shivaji, the smallest unit was headed by a _____

1. Naik

2. Havildars

3. Bargirs

4. Shiledars

The individual holders were registered and issued _____________

1. Cornwallis

2. pattas

3. raiyah

4. cash

_________________ introduced English as the literary and official language of India.

1. Cornwallis

2. William Bentinck

3. Macaulay

4. Thomas Munroe

__________ proved to be a great patron of Buddhism.

1. Mimamsakas

2. Banishment

3. Dharrnapala

4. The Palas

______along with Colonel Heron proceeded towards Tirunelveli

1. Mafuskhan

2. Nawab of Arcot

3. Collector Jackson

4. Vijaya Ragunatha Tondaiman

Burzahom is an important site of _______

1. Neolithic culture of Kashmir

2. Neolithic culture of Ganga Valley

3. Neolithic culture of Eastern India

4. Neolithic culture of South India

__________was the first province, where several ideas of reforms originated

1. Punjab

2. Bengal

3. Bombay

4. Madras

______.sent an embassy to Constantinople and another in 1787 to Paris

1. Haider

2. Tipu

3. Nawab of Areot

4. Ariyanayaga Mudaliyar

The ______________ was to exercise military power and to dispense criminal justice.

1. Diwan's duty

2. Nizam's function

3. Vansittart's decision

4. province of Oudh

The ______ was a prescriptive text for good administration

1. Arthasastra

2. Indica

3. Rajatharangini

4. Mudrarakshasa

____________rank was divided into Zat and Sawar.

1. Sher Shah

2. Mirza Hakim

3. Mansabdar

4. Tauhid-i-Ilahi

________ even tried to make Devagiri

1. Muhammad Tughluq

2. Zafar Khan

3. Sangama brother

4. Tungabhadra

The ____________ separated the civil and military establishments in India.

1. Warren Hastings

2. Nawab of Bengal

3. Pitt India Act

4. Mahalwari

______ was born in Shivner near Junnar.

1. Peshwa

2. Konkan

3. Serfoji II

4. Shivaji

__________ was the minister for Foreign Relations and War.

1. Kuntala

2. Banu

3. Avanti

4. Sarvagata

______________ introduced the ryotwari System.

1. Cornwallis

2. Thomas Munro

3. Robert Clive

4. Warren Hastings

In dry-zone Ramanathapuram, __________were created by Pandya kings

1. moats

2. sluices

3. dams

4. tanks

provided Hinduism with a philosophic doctrine of Advaita.

1. Adi Sankara

2. Ramanuja

3. Ramananda

4. Chaitanya

____________ chronicles speak about the Delhi Sultanate in hyperbolic terms.

1. Persian

2. Muhammad Qasim

3. Muizz- ud-din Muhammad

4. Muhamed qausim

_______was inherited by Charles II as dowry, which he transferred to the English East India Company.

1. Madras

2. Calcutta

3. Bombay

4. Delhi

The is ________ the earliest text.

1. Puranas

2. Vedas

3. Rig vedhas

4. Rig-vedha samhita

__________the capital of the Madras Presidency

1. Akbar

2. Todar Mal

3. Chennai

4. governor

Payment was made in ____________

1. Cornwallis

2. pattas

3. raiyah

4. cash

The __________ written by Mahendravarman I in Sanskrit, is an important source for the Pallava period.

1. Bhakti movement

2. Panniru Tirumurai

3. Mathavilasa Prahasanam

4. Kirtivarman

The royal secretariat was known as ____________________.

1. Thirugnanasambandar

2. Marco Polo

3. uttaramantri

4. Eluttu Mandapam

_____ built naval bases at Konkan, Khanderi arid Vijayadurg.

1. Balaji Baji Rao

2. Nana Sahib

3. Baji Rao II

4. Balaji Vishwanath

____________believed in a formless God.

1. Mirabai

2. Tuka Ram

3. Tazkirah-i-Auliya-i-Hind

4. Guru Govind Singh

The Indus civilisation declined from about _____

1. 1800 BCE

2. 1900 BCE

3. 1950 BCE

4. 1955 BCE

__________ is another important source of history.

1. language

2. literature

3. dance

4. writing

____________ started to influence the ruling class.

1. Puranic school

2. south India

3. Vedic ideas

4. Sea-borne trade

_________became the political headquarters for the Portuguese in India

1. Goa

2. Diu

3. Daman

4. Surat

The ______ was the chief village officer

1. Patel

2. Nayak rule

3. Raghunath Rao

4. Kotwal

______________ was the real foundation battle for British dominion in India.

1. Plassey

2. First Carnatic War

3. Buxar

4. Wandiwash

Harsha accepted the throne of Kanauj on the advice of ____________

1. Grahavarman

2. Avalokitesvara Bodisatva

3. Prabakaravardhana

4. Poni.

__________laid a solid foundation for the kingdom.

1. Numismatic

2. Muhammad Shah

3. Turquoise

4. Raja Krishna Dev

Manur inscription dating to 800 CE provides an account of _________ administration.

1. central

2. village

3. military

4. provincial

__________capital was at Agra in the beginning.

1. lradat Khan

2. Mughal

3. Babur

4. Akbar

towns and cities the chief officer was the ________ 

1. Patel

2. Nayakrule

3. Raghunath Rao

4. Kotwal

_________was a palayaRkiirar' of Kongu country who fought the British East < India Company.

1. William Blackburne

2. William Blackburne

3. Theeran Chinnamalai

4. Major Armstrong

In commemoration of his victory in ___________ Rajendra I built Gangaikonda Chozhapuram

1. Sri Lanka

2. North India

3. Kerala

4. Karnataka

The bones of cotton weavers are beaching the Gangetic plains of India said the ____________

1. William Bentinck

2. Land revenue

3. William Bentinck

4. laissez faire

Which of the following pairs is not correct?

i.Talayalanganam	Nedunchezhiyan
ii.Pattinapalai	Uruttirankannanar
iii.Gajabahu	Ceylon
iv.Tiruvanchikulam	Cholas

1. i

2. ii

3. iii

4. iv

The term _______________ refers to all Mongolic-speaking nomadic tribes of Central Asia.

1. Ala-ud-din

2. Mongol

3. Devagiri

4. Marriage alliances

Roman coins have been excavated at _________

1. Arikamedu

2. Adhichanallur

3. Puhar

4. Pallavaram

___________crossed the Indus to India and established a small kingdom.

1. Babur

2. Ibrahim Lodi

3. Aurangzeb

4. Daulat Khan Lodi

______________ played an important role betweenthe late first century BCE and third century CE.

1. Korkai

2. Puratthinai

3. Maduraikanchi

4. trade

The Palayakkarar system was originally practised in__________Kingdom.

1. Vijayanaga

2. Bahrnani

3. Kakatiya

4. Hoysala

Find the incorrect pair
(i) Elephas namadicus - giant tusked pre-historic elephant.
(ii) Stegodon ganesa - a giant pre-historic elephant.
(iii) Bos namadicus - wild cattle.
(iv) Equus namadicus - teeth

1. (i) correct

2. (ii) correct

3. (iii) correct

4. (iv) correct

Dupleix contacted__________ the French Governor of Isle of France, who appeared in the Indian waters with eight warships

1. Sir Thomas Roe

2. Fort St. Willi'lm

3. Frederick II

4. La Bourdonnais

_________was sent as an Ambassador  of the English King James I.

1. Sir Thomas Roe

2. Fort St. William

3. Frederick II

4. La Bourdonnais

_______________ justified forcible collection of land revenue.

1. ryotwari Act

2. Pitt India Act

3. Permanent Settlement Act

4. Torture Act

____________ was the best known of the Indo-Greek kings

1. Euthydemus

2. Demetrius

3. Menander

4. Antialcidas

The officials known as __________ were in charge of five to ten villages.

1. Achaemenid

2. samaharta

3. sthanika

4. gopas

Dutch had given_________ up and moved their headquarters south to Nagapattinam

1. Akbar

2. Todar Mal

3. Chennai

4. Pulicat

The main collections of Vedic hymns are called_________

1. Puranas

2. Vedas

3. dramas

4. samhitas

The_____ were the first Europeans to establish themselves in India.

1. Battle ofPlassey

2. Portuguese

3. Vasco da Gama

4. governor

In 1771, ______ brought him back to Delhi.

1. Shivaji

2. the Marathas

3. Raghunath Rao

4. Kotwal

__________region was famous for its painted (Kalamkari) fabrics which had designs drawn on the clothes and then dyed.

1. Kanara

2. Malabar

3. Konkan

4. Coromandel

Assertion (A): SyedAhmadKhan founded a modem school at Aligath, which developed into the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College. 
He Reason (R):wanted to promote English education among the Muslims.

1. A is correct; R is the correct explanation of A

2. A is wrong ; R is correct

3. Both A and R are wrong

4. A is correct; R is not the correct explanation of A

_________Raja of Pudukottai, captured Kattabomman from the jungles of Kalapore and handed him over to the enemy

1. Mafuskhan

2. Nawab of Arcot

3. Collector Jackson

4. Vijaya Ragunatha Tondaiman

With the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the journey between India and Europe was reduced by _________________ miles.

1. 400

2. 3000

3. 4000

4. 8000

The area under the Chola dynasty in the Tamizh country is known as Chonadu or Cholanadu.

1. the Vaigai river

2. Rajaraja I

3. Chonadu

4. Brahmins

Francis Martin made___________ the strategic centre of French settlements in India.

1. Masuli patnam

2. Nagapattinam

3. Goa

4. Pondicherry

____________ appointed kshatrapas or satraps as provincial governors to administer their territories.

1. The Sakas

2. Kanishka

3. Greeks

4. Bactria

The first railway line in south India ran from Madras to ________________ in 1856.

1. Vaniampadi

2. Katpadi

3. Villupuram

4. Arakonam