2013 September UGC NET Solved Question Paper in History, Paper III
1. Which one of the following sites in central India has yielded the largest number of copper hoard implements?
(A) Kayatha
(B) Pondi
(C) Gungeria
(D) Maheshwar
Answer: (C)
2. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Archaeological sites) (River Valley)
a. Chandraketugarh i. Amaravati
b. Korkai ii. Ganga
c. Karur iii. Palar
d. Vasavasamudram iv. Vaigai
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (C)
3. Which of the following is not true of Ashoka?
(A) He granted land to the ministers and the upper-most strata of bureaucracy in lieu of salary.
(B) His Dhamma was an ethic meant for good social conduct and cohesion.
(C) He advocated complete tolerance.
(D) He made scathing attacks against the useless rituals.
Answer: (A)
4. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Find-spots of Inscriptions) (Kings)
a. Rabtak i. Dharmamahadevi
b. Shar-i-Kuna ii. Vindhyashakti
c. Angul iii. Kanishka
d. Basim iv. Ashoka
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv i ii iii
Answer: (B)
5. Which of the following is not correct about the vedic age?
(A) Some portions of the Rigveda seem to have been added later.
(B) There is evidence of the existence of brahmavadinis.
(C) The varna divisions started during its later phase.
(D) The society was wholly matriarchal.
Answer: (D)
6. Which one of the following sites is not associated with Painted Grey Ware?
(A) Gilaulikhera
(B) Noh
(C) Tripuri
(D) Satwali
Answer: (C)
7. Sanauli in Baghpat district of UP is known for which one of its following Archaeological remains?
(A) Megaliths monuments
(B) Neoliths instruments
(C) Harappan cemetery
(D) OCP culture remains
Answer: (C)
8. Which of the following was one of the causes of differences between the Buddha and Devadatta?
(A) Buddha’s faith in non-violence
(B) Buddha’s desire to abandon the life of a renunciate after ten years.
(C) Devadatta’s suggestions for making the followers the forest-dwellers.
(D) Buddha’s desire not to allow the women to enter the samgha.
Answer: (C)
9. Point out which one of the following sites has yielded the remains of a Jaina stupa?
(A) Sanchi
(B) Dhamnar
(C) Nalanda
(D) Mathura
Answer: (D)
10. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Form of marriage) (Meaning)
a. Arsha i. stealing a girl who is sleeping, intoxicated or disordered in intellect.
b. Paishacha ii. the purchase of bride
c. Asura iii. the father gives the daughter after receiving a cow and a bull or two pairs from bridegroom.
d. Rakshasa iv. the forcible abduction of the maiden from her house.
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (C)
11. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Ashoka’s consecration was postponed for four years even after his actual accession.
Reason (R): The royal astrologer warned him that the coming four years are not auspicious for this occasion.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (C)
12. Which of the below mentioned inscriptions of Mauryan times provides details related to famine relief?
(A) Mahasthan inscription
(B) Erragudi inscription
(C) Nittur inscription
(D) Jarrgada inscription
Answer: (A)
13. Of the following, which does not form a part of Bhagvad Gita?
(A) An emphasis on bhakti
(B) The condemnation of Ajivikas
(C) The imperishable Atman
(D) Great emphasis on karma without having any regard for the fruit
Answer: (B)
14. Which of the elliptical temples built at the following sites during 3rd-1st century B.C. was dedicated to Naga cult?
(A) Vidisha
(B) Dangwada
(C) Sonkh
(D) Atranjikhera
Answer: (C)
15. Arrange the following early Acharyas of Shrivaishnava sect of South India in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List:
i Yamunacharya
ii Pundarikaksha
iii Nathmuni
iv Ramamishra
Codes:
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iv i iii ii
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) ii iv i iii
Answer: (C)
16. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Author) (Work)
a. Mammata i. Kumarapalacharita
b. Sandhyakara Nandi ii. Ramacharita
c. Hemachandra iii. Kavyaprakasha
d. Bhatti iv. Ravanavadha
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iv iii
(B) ii iv iii i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (C)
17. Which is not true of the contents of the Aihole Inscription of Pulakeshin-II?
(A) Ravikirti, its composer calls himself equal of Bhasa and Kalidasa.
(B) Pulakeshin II is projected a great conqueror.
(C) Pulakeshin II is called Satyashraya.
(D) It is dated in saka era 561 (= 639 – 40 AD)
Answer: (D)
18. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the
labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The defeat of Bhoja-I of the Paramara dynasty of Malwa by Karna of the Kalachuri dynasty of Tripuri was followed by the latter to abdicate his throne.
Reason (R): Bhoja-I and Karna were eternal enemies of each other.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (B)
19. Who has applied the theory of Feudalism for the Chola State?
(A) R.C. Majumdar
(B) Burton Stein
(C) R.N. Nandi
(D) A. Southal
Answer: (C)
20. Arrange the following law-givers in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
i Katyayana
ii Medhatithi
iii Vishnu
iv Devanabhatta
Codes:
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (C)
21. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Subinfeudation gave rise to a hierarchy of landlords, different from the actual tillers of the soil.
Reason (R): From 8th century onwards, hierarchical control over land was created by large scale sub infeudation.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
22. Sijdah theoretically means:
(A) Prostration before King
(B) Prostration before God
(C) Prostration before Diwan
(D) Prostration before Imam
Answer: (B)
23. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Alauddin Khilji revoked most of the small iqtas granted by the previous sultans.
Reason (R): State’s share was increased to one half of the produce.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (B)
24. Which of the sultans prohibited Muslim women from worshipping at the graves of the saints?
(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Muhammad Tughlaq
(D) Firozshah Tughlaq
Answer: (D)
25. Which one of the following dynasties did not belong to Kashmir?
(A) Hindu Shahi
(B) Karkota
(C) Utapala
(D) Lohar
Answer: (A)
26. Goa and Konkan regions were annexed to the Vijayanagar Empire during the reign of:
(A) Harihara II
(B) Devaraya II
(C) Krishna Devaraya
(D) Narsa Nayak
Answer: (A)
27. Concerning sufi philosophy which one of the following statements is incorrect?
(A) To the sufis the outstanding attribute of God is his effulgence.
(B) The sufis practised several yogic exercises as means to suppress lust.
(C) As an aid to concentration the sufis favoured meditation than to music.
(D) The sufis believed that it is only under the guidance of the Pir that spiritual progress is possible.
Answer: (C)
28. Consider the following statements and choose correct answer from the codes given below:
i Shaikh Hamiduddin Nagauri was a chishti saint.
ii The early chishtis disapproved the miracles.
iii The chistis order originated in India.
iv Shaikh Bahaud-din Zakaria had his Khanqah in Patna.
Codes:
(A) i and iv
(B) ii and iii
(C) i and ii
(D) iii and iv
Answer: (C)
29. The term cartaz in the medieval period stood for:
(A) Ilbari permits for inland trade
(B) Portuguese permit for sea trade
(C) Dutch permit for sea trade
(D) Mughal permits for inland trade
Answer: (B)
30. Arrange the following expeditions of Shershah in chronological order:
i. Raisin
ii. Kalinjar
iii. Malwa
iv. Marwar
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer: (A)
31. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Concerning progress of education Akbar was not satisfied with mere multiplication of maktabs and madrasas.
Reason (R): Akbar revised the syllabus of educational institutions thoroughly.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
32. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Rajputs enrolled in large numbers in Akbar’s Tauhid-i-Ilahi.
Reason (R): Akbar’s alliance with the Rajputs began as a political condition, but later it developed into closer relations between Hindus and Muslims.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (D)
33. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Nizam-ud-din Ahmad - Tabaqat-I Akbari
(B) Abdul Qadir Badaoni - Muntakhab-ud Tawarikh
(C) Khafi Khan - Muntakhab-ul Lubab
(D) Abdur Rahim - Badshah Namah
Answer: (D)
34. Which of the Mughal emperors disapproved the practice of polygamy by saying that “polygamy brings ruin to (the man’s) health and woes to his home”?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Answer: (B)
35. Pietra dura, a decorative style, was adopted in the Mughal architecture from the reign of
(A) Humayun
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Answer: (B)
36. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Author Book
(A) Ebba Koch - Mughal Architecture
(B) John F. Richards - The Mughal Empire
(C) Andre Wink - The History of Mughal Architecture
(D) R. Nath - The immortal Taj Mahal: The evolution of the Tomb in Mughal Architecture
Answer: (C)
37. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
i The provinces of the Gangetic plain, during the 17th century showed substantial rise in the lands classified as zabt.
ii The zabt expansion increased the ability of the administration to deal directly with village elite.
iii Steady growth in the measured area helped the Mughal State to keep pace with rising agricultural production over the country.
iv The cultivators turned to more valuable cash crops such as sugarcane or cotton.
Codes:
(A) i and ii
(B) ii and iii
(C) ii, iii and iv
(D) i, ii, iii and iv
Answer: (D)
38. Abdur Rahim Khan-i-khanan made important architectural contributions at
(A) Burhanpur
(B) Kabul
(C) Lahore
(D) Agra
Answer: (A)
39. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Monument) (Place)
a. Tomb of Rabia Daurani i. Agra
b. Tomb of Safdar Jung ii. Sikandra
c. Tomb of Akbar iii. Delhi
d. Tomb of Fatehpuri Begum iv. Aurangabad
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii iv i ii
Answer: (C)
40. Arrange the following monuments in chronological order of construction and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
i Jama Masjid, Delhi
ii Tomb of Humayun, Delhi
iii Badshahi Masjid, Lahore
iv Taj Mahal, Agra
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (B)
41. Regarding the nature of the late medieval rural society of India which one of the following is correct?
(A) The rural society of the medieval period was highly stratified in nature.
(B) Natural calamities, wars and local oppression often contributed to the shifting of rural people from one village to the other.
(C) The social structure of the village, old or new, reflected almost the same nature.
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)
42. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The focal points in the Maratha political system was the institution of hereditary Peshwas.
Reason (R): Baji Rao changed the character of Maratha movement from struggle for national survival to empire building.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following codes is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (B)
43. Which one of the following was the leader of Wahabi Movement?
(A) Syed Ahmad of Rai Bareilly
(B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(C) Muhammad Abdul Wahab
(D) Waliulla
Answer: (A)
44. The Blue Water Policy was associated with:
(A) Vasco Da Gama
(B) De Almeida
(C) Albuquerque
(D) Alfonso de Souza
Answer: (B)
45. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Introduction of the system of direct recruitment to the I.C.S. through a competitive examination i. 1853
b. Introduction of the portfolio system ii. 1861
c. Establishment of Federal Court iii. 1919
d. Introduction of Dyarchy in the Provinces. iv. 1937
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iv iii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv i ii ii i
Answer: (A)
46. Who among the following said “patriotism is religion and religion is love for India”?
(A) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Answer: (D)
47. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Indian States Commission i. 1932
b. Communal Award ii. 1929
c. Gandhi-Irwin Pact iii. 1928
d. Lahore Session of the Congress iv. 1931
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv i iii ii
Answer: (A)
48. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Francis Buchanan’s tours of Mysore and Eastern India and Colin Mackenze’s tours of Southern India, can be said to have inaugurated the era of ‘scientific’ understanding of India based on detailed local knowledge.
Reason (R): Both Buchanan and Mackenzie paid attention to India’s distinctiveness, the caste system but both men are haphazard and unsystematic.
Read the above statements and select the correct answers from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Answer: (D)
49. In 1834, one of the following remarked on the famine that “the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India”:
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) R.C. Dutt
(C) William Bentinck
(D) Palme Dutt
Answer: (C)
50. Bullionism and favourable balance of trade were the salient features of :
(A) Laissez Faire
(B) Commercialism
(C) Mercantilism
(D) Capitalism
Answer: (C)
51. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Kuka Revolt in the Punjab i. 1861
b. Deposition of the Gaikwad of Baroda ii. 1869
c. Opening of Suez Canal iii. 1872
d. Indian High Courts Act iv. 1875
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv i iii ii
Answer: (B)
52. The Muslim peasants of Malabar were known as:
(A) Kukis
(B) Jaintia
(C) Moplahs
(D) Wahabis
Answer: (C)
53. One of the following was not a revolutionary leader during the freedom movement:
(A) Lala Haradayal
(B) Birendrakumar Ghosh
(C) Satyendranath Bose
(D) Lal Mohan Ghosh
Answer: (D)
54. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Kandukuri Veeresalingam i. History of Indian National Congress
b. Madapati Hanumantha Rao ii. Andhra Patrika
c. Kasinathuni Nageswar Rao iii. Vivekavardhani
d. Pattabhi Seetaramaiah iv. Telanganaloo Andhrodyamam
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer: (A)
55. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Colonial government considered Gandhi as a spent force politically after 1924.
Reason (R): After 1924 Gandhi remained aloof from direct politics and concentrated on constructive programme and congress itself got divided between ‘no changers’ and ‘pro-changers’.
Read the above statements and select the correct answers from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Answer: (C)
56. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ in the State emblem has been taken from
(A) Mundaka Upanishad
(B) Svetasvatara Upanishad
(C) Isa Upanishad
(D) Chandogya Upanishad
Answer: (A)
57. The Fergusson College at Pune was founded in 1885 by:
(A) The Social Service League
(B) The Servants of India Society
(C) The Deccan Education Society
(D) Poona Sarvajanic Sabha
Answer: (C)
58. Match the List – I (Regions) with List – II (Annexations) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Punjab i. 1848
b. Satara ii. 1801
c. Ceded districts iii. 1856
d. Awadh iv. 1849
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) iii ii i iv
Answer: (A)
59. Whom Gandhiji selected as the first satyagrahi to launch the individual satyagraha in October 1940?
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: (D)
60. The command of Indian National Army was given to Subhash Chandra Bose in:
(A) 1941
(B) 1942
(C) 1943
(D) 1944
Answer: (C)
61. From the genesis of Indian National Congress to India’s independence (1885-1947) which leader amongst the following held the post of its President for the longest period?
(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) W.C. Bannerjee
Answer: (A)
62. India took a very strong anti-west stand during which one of the following?
(A) Non-Alignment Movement
(B) Suez Canal Crisis
(C) Annexation of French territories in India
(D) Belgrade Summit
Answer: (B)
63. Which leader among the following said Kashmir acceded to the Indian Union because of economic need?
(A) Hari Singh
(B) Shaikh Abdullah
(C) Mehar Chand Mahajan
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (B)
64. The first amendment to Indian Constitution (1951) was enacted to confer power on the States
(A) To place responsible restrictions on freedom of expression.
(B) To adopt Hindu Succession Bill.
(C) To abolish zamindari system
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A)
65. Which one of the following books is not authored by R.S. Sharma?
(A) Sudras in Ancient India
(B) Urban decay in India
(C) From Lineage to State
(D) Material Culture and Social Formation in Ancient India
Answer: (C)
66. Which one of the following statements is incorrect concerning historical objectivity?
(A) Historical objectivity is not linked up with value judgement.
(B) It means dispassionate and scientific treatment of all the events narrated by the historian.
(C) Historical objectivity is conditional to the nature and selection of events and the personality of the historian who functions under limitation.
(D) Ideological differences often prevent the historian from attaining historical objectivity.
Answer: (A)
67. Concerning post-modernist theory which one of the following is incorrect?
(A) The post-modernist contentions are as arbitrary in their ascription of meaning as the text of the historians who use them.
(B) When language is said to be an infinite play of meanings, anything written becomes a mere arrangement of words a discourse.
(C) The post-modern linguistic turn cuts the very ground on which historical studies stand.
(D) Hostility to history is not a marked character of post-modernist thought.
Answer: (D)
68. Which one of the following statements is correct concerning the Mughal theory of kingship?
(A) The Mughal theory of kingship was an admixture of Turkish, Mongol and Islamic ideals.
(B) There was a conceptual change in the theory of kingship advocated by the Delhi sultans and the Mughals.
(C) The Mughal theory of kingship evolved gradually and obtained final shape during the reign of Akbar.
(D) All of the above.
Answer: (D)
69. Who among the following is not associated with the Utopian Socialists?
(A) Saint Simon
(B) Charles Fourier
(C) Friedrich Engels
(D) Robert Owen
Answer: (C)
70. Which one of the following objectives relates to Indian foreign policy initiatives?
(A) Preservation of world-peace
(B) Extension of human freedom
(C) Opposition to colonialism and racialism
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)
Read the following passage and answer the following five questions: (Nos. 71 to 75)
The drive to acquire political control of tropical regions was almost universal among major European nations in the nineteenth century. Where did the empires sprang from – a greed for territory, a lust for power, accidental circumstances, or an economic motive?
J.A. Hobson suggested that empires rose to protect European investments abroad at a time when the need to export capital was acute because of falling rates of return on capital at home. Competition for colonies, Hobson believed, was behind the conflicts that dragged these powers into waging war against each other.
The imperialists believed that they were protecting home investment when expanding territories remains weak. The more common motives cited were markets for goods and opening for emigration, not export of capital. Investments were seen as a means rather than the end. Different strands emphasised by industrial bourgeoisie or bankers and financiers. But the common point was that the profit, seeking led the capitalists to expand political control.
J. Gallagher and R. Robinson proposed that in the mid-nineteenth century, Britain had already established an‘informal empire’ secured by commercial, cultural and diplomatic links. The informal empire could take care of the economic interests well enough. The change from informal to formal empire was driven not by economic motives but by global and local political rivalries.
Large economic gains were made by owning colonies that would strengthen the role of a profit motive and in turn capitalist interest behind imperialism.
71. The European drive for control of tropical countries sprand from:
(A) Greed for territory
(B) Lust for power
(C) Economic motives
(D) To overpower other European nations
Answer: (D)
72. J.A. Hobson’s suggestions for the establishment of empires:
(A) To protect European investments
(B) Acute need for export capital
(C) To de-industrialise
(D) Falling rates of returns on capital at home
Answer: (C)
73. One of the following was not the motive of imperialists to control tropical countries:
(A) To protect home investments
(B) Markets for goods
(C) Opening for emigration
(D) Proselytization in tropical countries
Answer: (D)
74. Industrial bourgeoisie took stand to expand political control for:
(A) Profit seeking
(B) To annihilate quarrelling tropical political powers
(C) To make adventurous trips
(D) To establish schools, hospitals and philanthropic activities
Answer: (A)
75. Change from informal to formal empires was driven by the idea of:
(A) Economic motives
(B) Global and political rivalries
(C) Diplomatic links
(D) Cultural and religious links
Answer: (B)
1. Which one of the following sites in central India has yielded the largest number of copper hoard implements?
(A) Kayatha
(B) Pondi
(C) Gungeria
(D) Maheshwar
Answer: (C)
2. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Archaeological sites) (River Valley)
a. Chandraketugarh i. Amaravati
b. Korkai ii. Ganga
c. Karur iii. Palar
d. Vasavasamudram iv. Vaigai
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) iii i ii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (C)
3. Which of the following is not true of Ashoka?
(A) He granted land to the ministers and the upper-most strata of bureaucracy in lieu of salary.
(B) His Dhamma was an ethic meant for good social conduct and cohesion.
(C) He advocated complete tolerance.
(D) He made scathing attacks against the useless rituals.
Answer: (A)
4. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Find-spots of Inscriptions) (Kings)
a. Rabtak i. Dharmamahadevi
b. Shar-i-Kuna ii. Vindhyashakti
c. Angul iii. Kanishka
d. Basim iv. Ashoka
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv i ii iii
Answer: (B)
5. Which of the following is not correct about the vedic age?
(A) Some portions of the Rigveda seem to have been added later.
(B) There is evidence of the existence of brahmavadinis.
(C) The varna divisions started during its later phase.
(D) The society was wholly matriarchal.
Answer: (D)
6. Which one of the following sites is not associated with Painted Grey Ware?
(A) Gilaulikhera
(B) Noh
(C) Tripuri
(D) Satwali
Answer: (C)
7. Sanauli in Baghpat district of UP is known for which one of its following Archaeological remains?
(A) Megaliths monuments
(B) Neoliths instruments
(C) Harappan cemetery
(D) OCP culture remains
Answer: (C)
8. Which of the following was one of the causes of differences between the Buddha and Devadatta?
(A) Buddha’s faith in non-violence
(B) Buddha’s desire to abandon the life of a renunciate after ten years.
(C) Devadatta’s suggestions for making the followers the forest-dwellers.
(D) Buddha’s desire not to allow the women to enter the samgha.
Answer: (C)
9. Point out which one of the following sites has yielded the remains of a Jaina stupa?
(A) Sanchi
(B) Dhamnar
(C) Nalanda
(D) Mathura
Answer: (D)
10. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Form of marriage) (Meaning)
a. Arsha i. stealing a girl who is sleeping, intoxicated or disordered in intellect.
b. Paishacha ii. the purchase of bride
c. Asura iii. the father gives the daughter after receiving a cow and a bull or two pairs from bridegroom.
d. Rakshasa iv. the forcible abduction of the maiden from her house.
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (C)
11. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Ashoka’s consecration was postponed for four years even after his actual accession.
Reason (R): The royal astrologer warned him that the coming four years are not auspicious for this occasion.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (C)
12. Which of the below mentioned inscriptions of Mauryan times provides details related to famine relief?
(A) Mahasthan inscription
(B) Erragudi inscription
(C) Nittur inscription
(D) Jarrgada inscription
Answer: (A)
13. Of the following, which does not form a part of Bhagvad Gita?
(A) An emphasis on bhakti
(B) The condemnation of Ajivikas
(C) The imperishable Atman
(D) Great emphasis on karma without having any regard for the fruit
Answer: (B)
14. Which of the elliptical temples built at the following sites during 3rd-1st century B.C. was dedicated to Naga cult?
(A) Vidisha
(B) Dangwada
(C) Sonkh
(D) Atranjikhera
Answer: (C)
15. Arrange the following early Acharyas of Shrivaishnava sect of South India in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List:
i Yamunacharya
ii Pundarikaksha
iii Nathmuni
iv Ramamishra
Codes:
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iv i iii ii
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) ii iv i iii
Answer: (C)
16. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Author) (Work)
a. Mammata i. Kumarapalacharita
b. Sandhyakara Nandi ii. Ramacharita
c. Hemachandra iii. Kavyaprakasha
d. Bhatti iv. Ravanavadha
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iv iii
(B) ii iv iii i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (C)
17. Which is not true of the contents of the Aihole Inscription of Pulakeshin-II?
(A) Ravikirti, its composer calls himself equal of Bhasa and Kalidasa.
(B) Pulakeshin II is projected a great conqueror.
(C) Pulakeshin II is called Satyashraya.
(D) It is dated in saka era 561 (= 639 – 40 AD)
Answer: (D)
18. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the
labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The defeat of Bhoja-I of the Paramara dynasty of Malwa by Karna of the Kalachuri dynasty of Tripuri was followed by the latter to abdicate his throne.
Reason (R): Bhoja-I and Karna were eternal enemies of each other.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (B)
19. Who has applied the theory of Feudalism for the Chola State?
(A) R.C. Majumdar
(B) Burton Stein
(C) R.N. Nandi
(D) A. Southal
Answer: (C)
20. Arrange the following law-givers in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
i Katyayana
ii Medhatithi
iii Vishnu
iv Devanabhatta
Codes:
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (C)
21. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Subinfeudation gave rise to a hierarchy of landlords, different from the actual tillers of the soil.
Reason (R): From 8th century onwards, hierarchical control over land was created by large scale sub infeudation.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
22. Sijdah theoretically means:
(A) Prostration before King
(B) Prostration before God
(C) Prostration before Diwan
(D) Prostration before Imam
Answer: (B)
23. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Alauddin Khilji revoked most of the small iqtas granted by the previous sultans.
Reason (R): State’s share was increased to one half of the produce.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (B)
24. Which of the sultans prohibited Muslim women from worshipping at the graves of the saints?
(A) Balban
(B) Alauddin Khilji
(C) Muhammad Tughlaq
(D) Firozshah Tughlaq
Answer: (D)
25. Which one of the following dynasties did not belong to Kashmir?
(A) Hindu Shahi
(B) Karkota
(C) Utapala
(D) Lohar
Answer: (A)
26. Goa and Konkan regions were annexed to the Vijayanagar Empire during the reign of:
(A) Harihara II
(B) Devaraya II
(C) Krishna Devaraya
(D) Narsa Nayak
Answer: (A)
27. Concerning sufi philosophy which one of the following statements is incorrect?
(A) To the sufis the outstanding attribute of God is his effulgence.
(B) The sufis practised several yogic exercises as means to suppress lust.
(C) As an aid to concentration the sufis favoured meditation than to music.
(D) The sufis believed that it is only under the guidance of the Pir that spiritual progress is possible.
Answer: (C)
28. Consider the following statements and choose correct answer from the codes given below:
i Shaikh Hamiduddin Nagauri was a chishti saint.
ii The early chishtis disapproved the miracles.
iii The chistis order originated in India.
iv Shaikh Bahaud-din Zakaria had his Khanqah in Patna.
Codes:
(A) i and iv
(B) ii and iii
(C) i and ii
(D) iii and iv
Answer: (C)
29. The term cartaz in the medieval period stood for:
(A) Ilbari permits for inland trade
(B) Portuguese permit for sea trade
(C) Dutch permit for sea trade
(D) Mughal permits for inland trade
Answer: (B)
30. Arrange the following expeditions of Shershah in chronological order:
i. Raisin
ii. Kalinjar
iii. Malwa
iv. Marwar
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv i iii ii
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer: (A)
31. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Concerning progress of education Akbar was not satisfied with mere multiplication of maktabs and madrasas.
Reason (R): Akbar revised the syllabus of educational institutions thoroughly.
Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
32. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Assertion (A): Rajputs enrolled in large numbers in Akbar’s Tauhid-i-Ilahi.
Reason (R): Akbar’s alliance with the Rajputs began as a political condition, but later it developed into closer relations between Hindus and Muslims.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (D)
33. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Nizam-ud-din Ahmad - Tabaqat-I Akbari
(B) Abdul Qadir Badaoni - Muntakhab-ud Tawarikh
(C) Khafi Khan - Muntakhab-ul Lubab
(D) Abdur Rahim - Badshah Namah
Answer: (D)
34. Which of the Mughal emperors disapproved the practice of polygamy by saying that “polygamy brings ruin to (the man’s) health and woes to his home”?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Answer: (B)
35. Pietra dura, a decorative style, was adopted in the Mughal architecture from the reign of
(A) Humayun
(B) Jahangir
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Aurangzeb
Answer: (B)
36. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Author Book
(A) Ebba Koch - Mughal Architecture
(B) John F. Richards - The Mughal Empire
(C) Andre Wink - The History of Mughal Architecture
(D) R. Nath - The immortal Taj Mahal: The evolution of the Tomb in Mughal Architecture
Answer: (C)
37. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
i The provinces of the Gangetic plain, during the 17th century showed substantial rise in the lands classified as zabt.
ii The zabt expansion increased the ability of the administration to deal directly with village elite.
iii Steady growth in the measured area helped the Mughal State to keep pace with rising agricultural production over the country.
iv The cultivators turned to more valuable cash crops such as sugarcane or cotton.
Codes:
(A) i and ii
(B) ii and iii
(C) ii, iii and iv
(D) i, ii, iii and iv
Answer: (D)
38. Abdur Rahim Khan-i-khanan made important architectural contributions at
(A) Burhanpur
(B) Kabul
(C) Lahore
(D) Agra
Answer: (A)
39. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Monument) (Place)
a. Tomb of Rabia Daurani i. Agra
b. Tomb of Safdar Jung ii. Sikandra
c. Tomb of Akbar iii. Delhi
d. Tomb of Fatehpuri Begum iv. Aurangabad
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii iv i ii
Answer: (C)
40. Arrange the following monuments in chronological order of construction and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
i Jama Masjid, Delhi
ii Tomb of Humayun, Delhi
iii Badshahi Masjid, Lahore
iv Taj Mahal, Agra
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (B)
41. Regarding the nature of the late medieval rural society of India which one of the following is correct?
(A) The rural society of the medieval period was highly stratified in nature.
(B) Natural calamities, wars and local oppression often contributed to the shifting of rural people from one village to the other.
(C) The social structure of the village, old or new, reflected almost the same nature.
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)
42. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The focal points in the Maratha political system was the institution of hereditary Peshwas.
Reason (R): Baji Rao changed the character of Maratha movement from struggle for national survival to empire building.
In the context of the above statements, which one of the following codes is correct?
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (B)
43. Which one of the following was the leader of Wahabi Movement?
(A) Syed Ahmad of Rai Bareilly
(B) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(C) Muhammad Abdul Wahab
(D) Waliulla
Answer: (A)
44. The Blue Water Policy was associated with:
(A) Vasco Da Gama
(B) De Almeida
(C) Albuquerque
(D) Alfonso de Souza
Answer: (B)
45. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Introduction of the system of direct recruitment to the I.C.S. through a competitive examination i. 1853
b. Introduction of the portfolio system ii. 1861
c. Establishment of Federal Court iii. 1919
d. Introduction of Dyarchy in the Provinces. iv. 1937
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i ii iv iii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv i ii ii i
Answer: (A)
46. Who among the following said “patriotism is religion and religion is love for India”?
(A) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Answer: (D)
47. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Indian States Commission i. 1932
b. Communal Award ii. 1929
c. Gandhi-Irwin Pact iii. 1928
d. Lahore Session of the Congress iv. 1931
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv i iii ii
Answer: (A)
48. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Francis Buchanan’s tours of Mysore and Eastern India and Colin Mackenze’s tours of Southern India, can be said to have inaugurated the era of ‘scientific’ understanding of India based on detailed local knowledge.
Reason (R): Both Buchanan and Mackenzie paid attention to India’s distinctiveness, the caste system but both men are haphazard and unsystematic.
Read the above statements and select the correct answers from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Answer: (D)
49. In 1834, one of the following remarked on the famine that “the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India”:
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) R.C. Dutt
(C) William Bentinck
(D) Palme Dutt
Answer: (C)
50. Bullionism and favourable balance of trade were the salient features of :
(A) Laissez Faire
(B) Commercialism
(C) Mercantilism
(D) Capitalism
Answer: (C)
51. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Kuka Revolt in the Punjab i. 1861
b. Deposition of the Gaikwad of Baroda ii. 1869
c. Opening of Suez Canal iii. 1872
d. Indian High Courts Act iv. 1875
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv i iii ii
Answer: (B)
52. The Muslim peasants of Malabar were known as:
(A) Kukis
(B) Jaintia
(C) Moplahs
(D) Wahabis
Answer: (C)
53. One of the following was not a revolutionary leader during the freedom movement:
(A) Lala Haradayal
(B) Birendrakumar Ghosh
(C) Satyendranath Bose
(D) Lal Mohan Ghosh
Answer: (D)
54. Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Kandukuri Veeresalingam i. History of Indian National Congress
b. Madapati Hanumantha Rao ii. Andhra Patrika
c. Kasinathuni Nageswar Rao iii. Vivekavardhani
d. Pattabhi Seetaramaiah iv. Telanganaloo Andhrodyamam
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) i ii iii iv
Answer: (A)
55. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Colonial government considered Gandhi as a spent force politically after 1924.
Reason (R): After 1924 Gandhi remained aloof from direct politics and concentrated on constructive programme and congress itself got divided between ‘no changers’ and ‘pro-changers’.
Read the above statements and select the correct answers from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) (A) is correct, but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct.
(C) Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(D) Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Answer: (C)
56. The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ in the State emblem has been taken from
(A) Mundaka Upanishad
(B) Svetasvatara Upanishad
(C) Isa Upanishad
(D) Chandogya Upanishad
Answer: (A)
57. The Fergusson College at Pune was founded in 1885 by:
(A) The Social Service League
(B) The Servants of India Society
(C) The Deccan Education Society
(D) Poona Sarvajanic Sabha
Answer: (C)
58. Match the List – I (Regions) with List – II (Annexations) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
a. Punjab i. 1848
b. Satara ii. 1801
c. Ceded districts iii. 1856
d. Awadh iv. 1849
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) iii ii i iv
Answer: (A)
59. Whom Gandhiji selected as the first satyagrahi to launch the individual satyagraha in October 1940?
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Answer: (D)
60. The command of Indian National Army was given to Subhash Chandra Bose in:
(A) 1941
(B) 1942
(C) 1943
(D) 1944
Answer: (C)
61. From the genesis of Indian National Congress to India’s independence (1885-1947) which leader amongst the following held the post of its President for the longest period?
(A) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) W.C. Bannerjee
Answer: (A)
62. India took a very strong anti-west stand during which one of the following?
(A) Non-Alignment Movement
(B) Suez Canal Crisis
(C) Annexation of French territories in India
(D) Belgrade Summit
Answer: (B)
63. Which leader among the following said Kashmir acceded to the Indian Union because of economic need?
(A) Hari Singh
(B) Shaikh Abdullah
(C) Mehar Chand Mahajan
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: (B)
64. The first amendment to Indian Constitution (1951) was enacted to confer power on the States
(A) To place responsible restrictions on freedom of expression.
(B) To adopt Hindu Succession Bill.
(C) To abolish zamindari system
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A)
65. Which one of the following books is not authored by R.S. Sharma?
(A) Sudras in Ancient India
(B) Urban decay in India
(C) From Lineage to State
(D) Material Culture and Social Formation in Ancient India
Answer: (C)
66. Which one of the following statements is incorrect concerning historical objectivity?
(A) Historical objectivity is not linked up with value judgement.
(B) It means dispassionate and scientific treatment of all the events narrated by the historian.
(C) Historical objectivity is conditional to the nature and selection of events and the personality of the historian who functions under limitation.
(D) Ideological differences often prevent the historian from attaining historical objectivity.
Answer: (A)
67. Concerning post-modernist theory which one of the following is incorrect?
(A) The post-modernist contentions are as arbitrary in their ascription of meaning as the text of the historians who use them.
(B) When language is said to be an infinite play of meanings, anything written becomes a mere arrangement of words a discourse.
(C) The post-modern linguistic turn cuts the very ground on which historical studies stand.
(D) Hostility to history is not a marked character of post-modernist thought.
Answer: (D)
68. Which one of the following statements is correct concerning the Mughal theory of kingship?
(A) The Mughal theory of kingship was an admixture of Turkish, Mongol and Islamic ideals.
(B) There was a conceptual change in the theory of kingship advocated by the Delhi sultans and the Mughals.
(C) The Mughal theory of kingship evolved gradually and obtained final shape during the reign of Akbar.
(D) All of the above.
Answer: (D)
69. Who among the following is not associated with the Utopian Socialists?
(A) Saint Simon
(B) Charles Fourier
(C) Friedrich Engels
(D) Robert Owen
Answer: (C)
70. Which one of the following objectives relates to Indian foreign policy initiatives?
(A) Preservation of world-peace
(B) Extension of human freedom
(C) Opposition to colonialism and racialism
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)
Read the following passage and answer the following five questions: (Nos. 71 to 75)
The drive to acquire political control of tropical regions was almost universal among major European nations in the nineteenth century. Where did the empires sprang from – a greed for territory, a lust for power, accidental circumstances, or an economic motive?
J.A. Hobson suggested that empires rose to protect European investments abroad at a time when the need to export capital was acute because of falling rates of return on capital at home. Competition for colonies, Hobson believed, was behind the conflicts that dragged these powers into waging war against each other.
The imperialists believed that they were protecting home investment when expanding territories remains weak. The more common motives cited were markets for goods and opening for emigration, not export of capital. Investments were seen as a means rather than the end. Different strands emphasised by industrial bourgeoisie or bankers and financiers. But the common point was that the profit, seeking led the capitalists to expand political control.
J. Gallagher and R. Robinson proposed that in the mid-nineteenth century, Britain had already established an‘informal empire’ secured by commercial, cultural and diplomatic links. The informal empire could take care of the economic interests well enough. The change from informal to formal empire was driven not by economic motives but by global and local political rivalries.
Large economic gains were made by owning colonies that would strengthen the role of a profit motive and in turn capitalist interest behind imperialism.
71. The European drive for control of tropical countries sprand from:
(A) Greed for territory
(B) Lust for power
(C) Economic motives
(D) To overpower other European nations
Answer: (D)
72. J.A. Hobson’s suggestions for the establishment of empires:
(A) To protect European investments
(B) Acute need for export capital
(C) To de-industrialise
(D) Falling rates of returns on capital at home
Answer: (C)
73. One of the following was not the motive of imperialists to control tropical countries:
(A) To protect home investments
(B) Markets for goods
(C) Opening for emigration
(D) Proselytization in tropical countries
Answer: (D)
74. Industrial bourgeoisie took stand to expand political control for:
(A) Profit seeking
(B) To annihilate quarrelling tropical political powers
(C) To make adventurous trips
(D) To establish schools, hospitals and philanthropic activities
Answer: (A)
75. Change from informal to formal empires was driven by the idea of:
(A) Economic motives
(B) Global and political rivalries
(C) Diplomatic links
(D) Cultural and religious links
Answer: (B)
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