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CIVIL SERVICES PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION - 2010


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Questions start with

1. The Dasavatara Temple  at Deogarh is of
a)         Dvikuta typ                 b)         Trikuta type
c)         Ekayatana type           d)         Punchyatana type

Ans :    d

 2.        Accoring  to Bhuddhist tradition………… of children ?

Ans :    c

3.         In which dynasty’s coins is Shiva shown in  human form?

Ans :    c

4.         Match :  A) Samaharta            1) Treasurer and keeper of stores

Ans :    a

5.         Who  among  the following  acted  as  the Prime Minister of Sultan Iltutmish ?

Ans :    c

6.         Whose  court ………..Jayadeva, the author  of Gita Govind ?

Ans :    d

7.         Which  one……… part  of the Chola army ?

Ans :    c

8.         Who built the …….Kailasanatha temple at Kanchi ?

Ans :    a

9.         Who among ………Chola rulers  cooperated with Sailendra Emperor……… at Nagapatam?

Ans :    c

10.       The peruvalis   of the Chola period  represented the

Ans :    a

11.       The Kurram of Chola  period were    
Ans :    b

12.       Which  one……..the Sultanate  period was  the  highest  in official hierarchy ?

Ans :    c

13.       Qismat-i-Khoti in the Delhi Sultanate period was

Ans :    c

14.       When Qutb-ud-din Aibak died in  1210 A.D……….

Ans :    d

15.       Consider………about Zia-ud-din Barani…………

Ans :    c

16.       Which …….Sufi saints…………to Suhrawardy Silsilah ?

Ans :    b

17.       Which …………literary  works Persian…….Sufi literature ?

Ans :    c

18.       Ziauddin Barani ……………..political philosophy ?

Ans :    b

19.       Who  among…………court of Vijayanagar  as  an ambassador ?

Ans :    d

20.       Which  city……..Krishan Deva Raya, the ruler of Vijayanagar ?

Ans :    c

21.       Babur’s wakil Nizamuddin hatched  at  conspiracy…………death of Babur.

Ans :    a

22.       During Shershah Suri’s rule, the pargana administration……………………officers ?

Ans :    b

23.       Double  dome in a medieval building…………tomb of

Ans :    -

24.       Which  one……………Razm-namah by its  Persian translators ?

Ans :    c

25.       Akbar  constructed  Buland Darwaza  at Fatehpur Sikri………………

Ans :    d

26.       Which………Persian  histories ………Emperor  Shah Jahan ?

Ans :    c

27.       Consider :  Mughal nobles ………………..

Ans :    d

28.       In 1660 A.D.  …………..Aurangzeb ……………power of Shivaji ?

Ans :    b

29.       In the Maratha Cavalry  the lowest unit of ……………….

Ans :    a

30.       Match : A. Brindavan Das    1) Ras-Panchadhyayi

Ans :    d

31.       Who  among ……….important  role…………Gandhi-Irwin Pact ?

Ans :    b

32.       Match :  A) Latika Ghosh   1)  Rashtriya Stree Sangha

Ans :    a

           
33.       The Congress  participated  in  the elections of 1937………….
Ans :    c

34.       Consider :  1) The Amrita Bazar Patrika was started in 1868.          

Ans :    c

35.       Consider :  The formula proposed by C. Rajagopalachari……………..

Ans :    d

36.       Which among………….the proposals  of the Cabinet Mission ?

Ans :    b

37.       The Nehru-Liaqat  Pact  between  India  and Pakistan was  signed  in 1950……………..

Ans :    a

38.       With reference  to the Government  of India  Act, 1935…………………….

Ans :    b

39.       Arrange ……………..order :  1) Zamindari Abolition Act

Ans :    c

40.       Consider :  1. The USSR  assisted  in the building of the Bhilai Steel plant.

Ans :    a

41.       The Gujarat  Sabha  under the presidentship  of Mahatma Gandhi…………..

Ans :    b

42.       Who  of the ……………weekly called Dina Bandhu…………………Millhands’ Association?

Ans :    c

43.       During  the Indian freedom  struggle, the Dutt-Bradley Thesis…………………….

Ans :    a

44.       With reference………….1) Viresalingam Pantulu founded the Krishna Patrika.

Ans :    b

45.       Consider :  Surendranath  Banerjea’s Indian Association

Ans :    c

46.       Consider :  1)  Before  the Act of 1909  was passed, Morley  appointed two Indians…..   
Ans :    c

           
47.       Consider :  B.P. Wadia was………..
Ans :    c

48.       Under  whose presidentship………. “Non-Cooperation” was passed ?

Ans :    c

49.       Which one………Chandragupta Maurya managed to  get  the  throne  of Magadha?

Ans :    c

50.       Alberuni was the contemporary  of

Ans :    a

51.       A compilation called Manasollasa  or  Abhilasitarthacintamani………………..

Ans :    c

52.       Consider :  1) The Kailasa temple  at Ellora…………..

Ans :    c

53.       Among ……………..Nimbarkacarya ?

Ans :    a

54.       Consider : 1) Muhammad Nadir Samarqandi……………..Humayun.

Ans :    b

55.       Which among……………in the Royal Indian Navy Uprising (1946) ?

Ans :    c

56.       Consider :  1. From  1955, USSR  gave full support  to the Indian …………on Kashmir.

Ans :    d

57.       Which one………..Mughal  princes Jahanara ?

Ans :    c

           
58.       Consider :  ……..regarding  Muhammad Tughluq.
Ans :    c

59.       Consider :   statements  about  Medieval  Indian craftsmen :

Ans :    b

60.       With  reference   to the Government  of India  Act,  1935………………..

Ans :    a

61.       Consider :  At which …………………..rock-shelters of pre-historic  period…………..

Ans :    c

62.       The  earliest  trace of   human  occupation  in the Ganda  Plain  is found at

Ans :    b

63.       Evidence of rice  cultivation reported  from the Harappan site  is from

Ans :    c

64.       The Harappan Civlisations terracotta  plough  is found at

Ans :    a

65.       The worship of  fire   in the Indus Valley………….. fire altar at

Ans :    c

66.       Match :  A. The river  system  has  the maximum  concentration of  Harappan settlements

            Ans :    d

67.       The  strati-graphical position of Black  and Red ware  between OCP  and PGW………    
Ans :    d

68.       Which  hymns of the Rigved are  considered …………. Indian Drama ?

Ans :    d

69.       Match :  A) Purusha-sukta      1) Yaska’s Nirukta

Ans :    a

70.       Which one……………….outside the pale  of Brahmanic fold ?
Ans :    c

71.       Match : A)  Rig Veda                         1) Tandyamaha Brahmana
Ans :    a

72.       In which Upanishad  is Devakiputra Krishna…………………..

Ans :    a

73.       Which one…………. in the Vedic literature ?

Ans :    d

74.       The Jaina  literary  work Parisishta Parvan……………..

Ans :    b

75.       The capital   of Chedi  Janapada kingdom  was………….

Ans :    a

76.       The Jain rock-cut   eaves  at Udayagiri………………………

Ans :    b

77.       Match :  A) Kosala    1. Suktimati

Ans :    d

78.       Which  one ……………Indian temples  is built  of bricks ?

Ans :    c

79.       The term “Dionysus” mentioned by Megasthenes……………….

Ans :    a

80.       Match :  A)  Rock Edit-II   1)  Denounces the practice  of orthodox ceremonies

Ans :    b

81.       Consider :  Which…….. are related  to  the Kusanas ?

Ans :    d

82.       Consider :  1) Shahbazagarhi inscription

Ans :    c

83.       The Indian Buddhist monk  Bodhidharma ( 6th Century AD)

Ans :    c

84.       The well-known  seated  ………..Siddhartha  of Gandhara School is depicted with hands……

Ans :    c

85.       Which  inscription  refers ………..Vrishni-viras…………Bhagavata votaries ?

Ans :    c

86.       Which  of   the………..belong  to Gupta  period ?

Ans :    c

87.       Which………Devi Chandraguptam of Vishakhadatta ?

Ans :    b

88.       The first  dated  memorial of a  Sati  is found at  ………..

Ans :    d

89.       Match :  A)  Kumaradevi     1)   Maurya

Ans :    a

90.       Match :  A)  Kunal    1)   Indo-Greek

Ans :    b

91.       Who among …………………..founder of  the Mahanubhava sect ?           
Ans :    b

92.       The Upanishads  were  rendered  into Persian by Dara-Shukoh…………….

Ans :    a

93.       In the Mughal  administration,………..Sadr-us-Sudur looked…………….departments?

Ans :    a

94.       Diwan-i-Khalisa was responsible  to look after the……………

Ans :    b

95.       Who  among…………Maratha Senapati appointed by Baji Rao II………..

Ans :    a

96.       In medieval  Indian warfare  the earthen mound built…………fort………..

Ans :    d

97.       Who was   stationed  by Dupleix at  Hyderabad……………..

Ans :    d

98.       Under whom ………English Army defeat Haider Ali at Porto  Novo ?

Ans :    a

99.       In March 1947 at Nehru’s  initiative   an Asian Relations Conference…………….

Ans :    b

100.     Which…………Non-Cooperation Movement, ……….parts  of the  country ?

Ans :    d

101.     Acharya  Vinoba Bhave  who aimed  at bringing  about  land reform  or land distribution

Ans :    c

102.     Consider …………..relating  to the Councils  Act  of 1892 :

Ans :    a

103.     Which among …………….Second  Anglo-Maratha war ?

Ans :    b

104.     Which Treaty  with the Marathas was ………Warren Hastings as ‘a scrap of paper’?

Ans :    d

105.     Under  whose chairmanship……………..Bengal, Bihar and Orissa………a Collector ?

Ans :    b

106.     With reference………Lord Hastings’s judicial reforms………….

Ans :    b

107.     Consider :  1. Prince  Shuja  gave the East Indian Company………………

Ans :    b

108.     Consider :  1. After  Rammohan’s death   in 1833 Devendranath Tagore.

Ans :    c

109.     An  important  landmark…………..Bengal was the foundation……in May 1849.

Ans :    b

110.     Which…………first English  language  weekly paper ………Bombay ?

Ans :    c

111.     Match :  A) Zafar  Ali Khan   1)  Kudi  Arasu

Ans :    b

112.     With reference………. literature in Indian  languages………….. a) Dinbandhu Mitra’s…..

Ans :    c

113.     Which…………Acts were passed by the British Government  in 1856 ?

Ans :    c

114.     The Montagu’s Declaration  of 20th August 1917 contained            

Ans :    d

115.     Consider :  1. Royal  visit  of the King Emperor  George-V

Ans :    b

116.     ‘Mitra Mela’ was later  on renamed as

Ans :    b

117.     Who  among  the ……………..foundation of the Indian Association ? a) Surendranath Banerjea

Ans :    c

118.     To house  the families  of the Satyagrahis in South Africa……………..

Ans :    c

119.     Consider :  1. Alfred Webb

Ans :    d

120.     In the context  of  Non-Cooperation  Movement,…………..December 1920 ?

Ans :    c

             
Key Prepared By  I. CHANDRA MOHAN, Ph.D`

Sources :

  • Advanced History  of India  - K.K. Datta, H.C. RoyChowdhry & R.C. Majumdar.
  • Advanced  History  of South India- Prof. K.A.N. Sastry
  • Advanced  History  of Medieval India-  Vol. - I, II & III by J.L. Mehta
  • Early  History of Bengal
  • Gazetteer  of India  Vol-II
  • Freedom Struggle – Tarachand

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