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Latest MH SET History Exam Question (Objective Questions), MCQ in English

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Question Bank MH SET History Exam Paper 2 - English
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Question 1Single Answer
Which of the following are true of the Mesolithic period?
Select your answer form the code given below :
(i) Microliths are found in general.
(ii) Bagor, Langhnaj and Bhim-betka are some important sites.
(iii) Bones of wild and domesticated animals are found.
(iv) Rock-paintings are available during this period.
Code :
  1. A
    (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
  2. B
    (i), (ii), and (iii)
  3. C
    (ii ), (iii), and (iv)
  4. D
    (i), (ii) and (iv)
Question 2Single Answer
Which of the following Neolithic archaeological sites is not known for ash-mounds? 
  1. A
    Utnur
  2. B
    Pallavoy
  3. C
    Kupgal
  4. D
    Burzahom
Question 3Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below :
List-I                              List-II 
(Author)                    (Definition of History)
(a) E.H. Carr              (i)     All history is theihis-tory of thought.
(b) G.R. Elton            (ii)    History is science no less no more.
(c) J.B. Bury              (iii)    History is what the historian writes.
(d) R.G. Colling-wood   (iv)    History is an endless dialogue between the  historian and his facts.
  1. A
    Codes :
    (a)    (b)    (c)     (d)
    (i)    (iii)    (ii)    (iv)
  2. B
    (ii)    (i)    (iv)    (iii)
  3. C
    (iv)    (iii)    (ii)    (i)
  4. D
    (iv)    (ii)    (iii)    (i)
Question 4Single Answer
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):
 Assertion (A) : Harrapan civilization was in close trade relations with South Turkmenistan.
Reason (R) : Harappan objects or those produced under Harappan influence have been found at Kish, Ur, Nippur etc. In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?
  1. A
    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. B
    Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C
    (A) is true, but (R) is false.
  4. D
    (A) is false, but (R) is true
Question 5Single Answer
Which of the following is not a Neolithic site?
  1. A
    Brahmagiri
  2. B
    Sanganakallu
  3. C
    Arikamedu
  4. D
    Piklihal
Question 6Single Answer
Match List-I (Harappan sites) with List-II (Archaeological remains) and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                            List-II                                     
(a) Mohenjodaro                 (i) Citadel and a lower town
(b) Lothal                             (ii) Large granary
(c) Kalkibangan                   (iii) Brick dockyard
(d) Sutkagen-dor                 (iv) Citadel and a lower fortified settlement 
  1. A
    (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    (i)         (ii)        (iv)       (iii)
  2. B
    (ii)        (iii)       (i)         (iv)
  3. C
    (iv)       (ii)        (i)         (iii)
  4. D
    (iii)       (i)         (ii)        (iv)
Question 7Single Answer
In India the earliest archaeological remains of hearth has been found from:
  1. A
    Bila Surgam
  2. B
    Hunsgi
  3. C
    Bhimbetaka
  4. D
    Mahagara
Question 8Single Answer
From where in South Asia the earliest evidence of wheat-barley farming has been found?
  1. A
    Punjab
  2. B
    Baluchistan
  3. C
    Sindh
  4. D
    Rajasthan
Question 9Single Answer
The hominoid fossils of Hathnora is:
  1. A
    Homo erectus
  2. B
    Homo habilis
  3. C
    Homo sapiens
  4. D
    None of the above
Question 10Single Answer
The burial practice was started by:
  1. A
    Homo sapiens
  2. B
    Homo erectus
  3. C
    Homo neanderthalensin
  4. D
    Homo habilis
Question 11Single Answer
Which one of the below mentioned sites is not Harappan?
  1. A
    Padre
  2. B
    Kuntasi
  3. C
    Birrana
  4. D
    Jakhera
Question 12Single Answer
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  1. A
    Vedas            Their Brahmanas
    Rigveda    - Aitareya  Brahmana
  2. B
    Samarveda    - Taittiriy  Brahmana
  3. C
    Yajurveda  - Satapatha  Brahmana
  4. D
    Atharvaveda  - Gopatha  Brahmana
Question 13Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                                                              List-II                                     
(a) Grid system of excavation                                (i) Pitt Rivers
(b) Principle of stratigraphy                                   (ii) R.E.M. Wheeler
(c) Radiocarbon method of dating                        (iii) Thomas Jefferson
(d) Three dimensional method of recording          (iv) F.W. Libby 
  1. A
    Codes. (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    (i)         (ii)        (iii)       (iv)
  2. B
    (ii)        (iii)       (iv)       (i)
  3. C
    (iii)       (i)         (ii)        (iv)
  4. D
    (ii)        (iv)       (iii)       (i)
Question 14Single Answer
In which area the Neolithic man lived in underground pits ?
  1. A
    Karnataka
  2. B
    Assam
  3. C
    Kashmir
  4. D
    Madhya Pradesh
Question 15Single Answer
Flake tools of Levallois technique is the characteristic feature of which area of the following geological ages?
  1. A
    Lower Pleistocene
  2. B
    Holocene
  3. C
    Upper Pleistocene
  4. D
    Middle Pleistocene
Question 16Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                                               List-II                                     
(a)Sohagighat                                             1. Kashmir Neolith
(b)Balathal                                                   2. V.S. Wakankar
(c)Bhimbetka                                               3. Ahar Culture Site
(d)Burzahom                                               4. A.C.L. Carlleyle 
  1. A
    Codes.
    (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    3          4          1          2
  2. B
    4          3          2          1
  3. C
    1          2          4          3
  4. D
     2          1          3          4
Question 17Single Answer
Match List- I (Name of the book) with List-II (Author of the Book) and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                                                                                List-II
(a)Sketch of Political History of India (1811)                 (i) V.A. Smith
(b)The History of British India (1881)                              (ii) John Malcolm
(c)The History of India (1841)                                           (iii) James Mill
(d)The Early History of India (1904)                                (iv) Elphistone 
  1. A
    Codes. (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    (ii)        (iii)       (iv)       (i)
  2. B
    (iii)       (ii)        (i)         (iv)
  3. C
    (iv)       (i)         (iii)       (iv)
  4. D
    (i)         (iv)       (ii)        (iii)
Question 18Single Answer
Given below are two statements; one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R):
Assertion (A): Neolithic age was followed by the age of metals.
Reason (R):  For some time the use of stone implements continued side by side.Read the above statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. A
    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  2. B
    Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. C
    (A) is true but (R) is false
  4. D
    (A) is false but (R) is true
Question 19Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                                                             List-II                                     
(a) Terracotta horse figure                                      (i) Banawali
(b) Terracotta spoked wheel                                  (ii) Mohenjodaro
(c) Fire altar                                                           (iii) Harappa
(d) Cemetery-H                                                      (iv) Kalibangan 
  1. A
    Codes. (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    (ii)        (i)         (iv)       (iii)
  2. B
    (i)         (iii)       (iv)       (ii)
  3. C
    (ii)        (iv)       (iii)       (i)
  4. D
    (ii)        (iii)       (iv)       (i)
Question 20Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                                                List-II                                     
(a)Mesolithic site                                          (i) Langharaj
(b)Microlith                                                   (ii) Bagor (Rajasthan)
(c)Beginning of Settled Agriculture              (iii) Birbhanpur
(d)Chalcedony                                             (iv) Chopni Mando 
  1. A
    Codes
    (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    (ii)        (i)         (iii)       (iv)
  2. B
    (i)         (ii)        (iii)       (iv)
  3. C
    (iii)       (ii)        (i)         (iv)
  4. D
    (ii)        (iii)       (iv)       (i)
Question 21Single Answer
In which one of the following places the centre of stone tool manufacture is found ?
  1. A
    Mehbubanagar
  2. B
    Malaprabha
  3. C
    Isampur
  4. D
    Palaghat
Question 22Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                           List-II                                     
(a)Rigaveda                            (i) Kanva
(b)Yajurveda                           (ii) Ranayaniya
(c)Samarveda                        (iii) Pippalada
(d)Atharveda                         (iv) Shakala 
  1. A
    Codes.
    (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    (iv)       (iii)       (ii)        (i)
  2. B
    (ii)        (i)         (iii)       (iv)
  3. C
    (iv)       (i)         (ii)        (iii)
  4. D
    (i)         (ii)        (iii)       (iv)
Question 23Single Answer
Which one of the following pairs is not correct ?
  1. A
    Lower Paleolithic : Hunting, gathering
  2. B
    Upper Paleolithic : Hunting, gathering
  3. C
    Mesolithic : Hunting, gathering
  4. D
    Neolithic : Food Production
Question 24Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I                                                               List-II                                     
(a)Sarai Khola                                             (i) Haryana
(b)Tarkhanwaladera                                    (ii) Pakistan
(c)Kunal                                                       (iii) Rajasthan
(d)Shikarpur                                                 (iv) Gujarat 
  1. A
    Codes.
    (a)      (b)       (c)        (d)
    (ii)      (iii)       (i)         (iv)
  2. B
    (i)         (ii)        (iii)       (iv)
  3. C
    (ii)        (iv)       (iii)       (i)
  4. D
    (i)         (ii)        (iv)       (iii)
Question 25Single Answer
Which one of the following pairs is not correct?
  1. A
    Rock shelter  : Langhnaj
  2. B
    Microlith : Mahadaha
  3. C
    Site associated with butchering  : Lekhakia
  4. D
    Stone tool workshop : Isampur
Question 26Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II
  List-I                                                              List-II
(Author)                                                         (Book)
(a) John William Kaye                                (i) Indian Old and New
(b) Mary Carpenter                                    (ii) The Economic History of India under Early  British Rule
(c) Ramesh Chandra Dutt                         (iii) A History of the Sepoy War in India
(d) Valentine Chiral                                   (iv) Six months in India
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. A
    (a) (b) (c) (d)
    (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
  2. B
    (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
  3. C
    (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
  4. D
    (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
Question 27Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II :
 List-I                                                   List-II
(Book)                                               (Contents)
(a) Nizami-i Anjum                           (i) Deals with current weights and measures
(b) Tuhfat-ul Hind                            (ii) Hindu astrology
(c) Dabistan-i                                  (iii) Hindu prosody and Mazahib rhetoric
(d) Risala-Miqdariyah                     (iv) Different religions and sects of India
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. A
    (a) (b) (c) (d)
    (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
  2. B
    (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
  3. C
    (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
  4. D
    (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Question 28Single Answer
Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) .
Assertion (A) : The Supreme Council of the Governor-General in Calcutta gave extraordinary powers to Special Commissions to capture and punish rebels of the 1857 Revolt, in its Act XIV of June 1857
Reason (R) : The primary aim of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's Causes of the Indian Revolt (1858), then a government sub-Judge, was to show the loyalty of Muslims, who in the years following the rebellion were viewed with suspicion and disfavour 
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
  1. A
    Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B
    Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C
    (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct
  4. D
    (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct
Question 29Single Answer
Ibn Battuta informs that the Sultan had fixed Wednesday for freeing male slaves, Friday for freeing female slaves and Saturday for marrying men slaves to female slaves. Identify the Sultan .
  1. A
    Balban
  2. B
    Aladdin Kanji
  3. C
    Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  4. D
    Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Question 30Single Answer
In the Bayan Hoard, coins of which Gupta ruler have been found in the highest number ?
  1. A
    Chandragupta-I
  2. B
    Samudragupta
  3. C
    Chandragupta-II
  4. D
    Kumaragupta-I
Question 31Single Answer
Which of the following texts were authored by the Kashmiri poet Kshemendra ?
(a) Kuttanimata
(b) Kalavilasa
(c) Prabodhachandrodaya
(d) Samayamatrika
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. A
    (a) and (b) only
  2. B
    (b) and (d) only
  3. C
    (a), (b) and (c) only
  4. D
    (b), (c) and (d) only
Question 32Single Answer
Regarding Maratha relations with Nizamul Mulk, which of the following statements are correct ?
(a) As the Viceroy of the Deccan, from 1710 to 1715. Nizamul Mulk resisted the Maratha claims for the Chough and Sardeshmukhi of the Deccan
(b) After his successful rebellion against the Saiyids, Nizamul Mulk respected the Imperial farman granting the Chough and Sardeshmukhi of the Deccan to the Marathas
(c) In January 1721. he had his first meeting with Baji Rao
(d) The most important point of conflict between Marathas and Nizamul Mulk was the Karnataka
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. A
    (b), (c) and (d) only
  2. B
    (a), (b) only
  3. C
    (a), (b) and (c) only
  4. D
    (a) and (d) only
Question 33Single Answer
"Our general policy is to avoid entanglement in power politics and not to join any group of powers as against any other group . The two leading groups today are the Russian Bloc and the Anglo-American Bloc . We must be friendly to both and yet not join either" .
The above words constitute the central idea of which policy ?
  1. A
    Non-alignment
  2. B
    Baghdad Pact
  3. C
    Afro-Asian conference of 1955
  4. D
    Panchsheel
Question 34Single Answer
Given below are two statements :
Statement (I) : When a soldier died showing exemplary valour while fighting for the king, he was granted land for the livelihood of his dependents, called 'Mrityukarvritti' 
Statement (II) : A Chandella inscription records the grant of such a 'Mrityukarvritti'
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. A
    Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  2. B
    Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  3. C
    Statement I is true, but Statement II is false
  4. D
    Statement I is false, but Statement II is true
Question 35Single Answer
Given below are two statements One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) .
Assertion (A) : When the All India Women's Conference began their campaign in support of the Child Marriage Restraint Bill (1929), Sister Subbalakshmi gave evidence before the Joshi Committee about the harmful effects of youthful marriages
Reasons (R) : Methuen Petit, a social worker who became leading trade unionist, organized the Seva Mandir to work among the poor
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
  1. A
    Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B
    Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C
    (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct
  4. D
    (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct
Question 36Single Answer
Which of the following statements regarding Gandhi's concept of Satyagraha are correct ?
(a) For Gandhi, Satyagraha aimed to penetrate the barriers of prejudice, ill-will, dogmatism, self-righteousness and selfishness
(b) Gandhi explained the effectiveness of Satyagraha in terms of the spiritual impact of suffering love
(c) The Satyagraha was considered by Gandhi as the ultimate tool of humiliating the opponent
(d) Gandhi's political realism triumphed over his moral idealism and despite its claims to the contrary, his Satyagrahas were not always purely spiritual in nature
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. A
    (a) and (b) only
  2. B
    (a), (c) and (d) only
  3. C
    (b), (c) and (d) only
  4. D
    (a), (b) and (d) only
Question 37Single Answer
Chronologically arrange Muhammad bin Tughlaq's experiments/projects :
(a) Token currency
(b) Khorasan expedition
(c) Transfer of capital
(d) Qarachil expedition
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. A
    (c), (a), (d), (b)
  2. B
    (d), (a), (b), (c)
  3. C
    (c), (a), (b), (d)
  4. D
    (a), (c), (d), (b)
Question 38Single Answer
The earliest extant examples of the Mughal baluster columns are found solely in which of the following Mughal emperor's fortress palaces ?
  1. A
    Akbar
  2. B
    Jahangir
  3. C
    Shahjahan
  4. D
    Aurangzeb
Question 39Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II :
   List-I                                                 List-II
(Sikh Guru)                                       (Sub-Caste)
(a) Guru Nanak                                (i) Bhalla
(b) Guru Amar Das                          (ii) Bedi
(c) Guru Ram Das                           (iii) Trehan
(d) Guru Angad                                (iv) Sodhi
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. A
    (a) (b) (c) (d)
    (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
  2. B
    (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
  3. C
    (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
  4. D
    (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
Question 40Single Answer
Which of the following Sultans in his farman used to address the amirs as Masnad-i ali ?
  1. A
    Qutbuddin Aibek
  2. B
    Balban
  3. C
    Firuz Tughlaq
  4. D
    Bahlol Lodi
Question 41Single Answer
Match List-I with List-II :
  List-I                                                              List-II
(Authors)                                                     (Dharmasastras)
(a) Bhatta Lakshmidhara                            (i) Chaturvarga-chintamani
(b) Devannabhatta                                     (ii) Smrityarthasara
(c) Hemadri                                                (iii) Kriyakalpataru
(d) Sridhara                                                (iv) Smriti-Chandrika
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. A
    (a) (b) (c) (d)
    (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
  2. B
    (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
  3. C
    (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
  4. D
    (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
Question 42Single Answer
Which of the following statements regarding interpretation in historical writing are correct ?
(a) Interpretation as an essential step in historical method seems to lie beyond criticism and exposition
(b) To know what a document means is as much a challenge to critical judgment as to know when or by whom was it written, or whether one may trust it
(c) The literary exposition of historical data is greatly conditioned by the interpretation one places upon them
(d) Factual interpretation deals with the facts of a document, not with the words
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
  1. A
    (a), (c) and (d) only
  2. B
    (a), (b) and (d) only
  3. C
    (b), (c) and (d) only
  4. D
    (c) and (d) only
Question 43Single Answer
The Sultan ordered the Maliks, Amirs, officers of the court and persons of responsibility and status not to go to each other's houses or to collect parties at banquets : there were to be no intermarriage among them unless the Sultan had been informed and his permission obtained'. Identify the Sultan .
  1. A
    Balban
  2. B
    Alauddin Khalji
  3. C
    Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
  4. D
    Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Question 44Single Answer
Who was the first elected president of the All India Depressed Classes Association formed in 1926 ?
  1. A
    Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
  2. B
    Rao Bahaddur M.C. Rajah
  3. C
    Bhaskarrao Jadhav
  4. D
    Jagjivan Ram
Question 45Single Answer
Poems classified as upadesharupaka (didactic metaphors) in Marathi bhakti poetry were known as
  1. A
    Bharud
  2. B
    Abhang
  3. C
    Palana
  4. D
    Vachana
Question 46Single Answer
Archaeology as a source for ancient Indian history is?
  1. A
    Literary evidence only
  2. B
    Oral traditions only
  3. C
    Material remains of the past
  4. D
    Mythological stories only
Question 47Single Answer
The study of inscriptions is called?
  1. A
    Numismatics
  2. B
    Paleography
  3. C
    Archaeobotany
  4. D
    Epigraphy
Question 48Single Answer
The study of coins is known as?
  1. A
    Ethnography
  2. B
    Numismatics
  3. C
    Cartography
  4. D
    Iconography
Question 49Single Answer
Which method is commonly used to date organic archaeological remains?
  1. A
    Stratigraphy
  2. B
    Epigraphy
  3. C
    Paleography
  4. D
    Carbon-14 dating
Question 50Single Answer
Excavation means?
  1. A
    Preservation of monuments
  2. B
    Systematic digging of sites
  3. C
    Discovery of manuscripts
  4. D
    Study of myths
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