Commerce (English Medium)
Science (English Medium)
Arts (English Medium)
Academic Year: 2023-2024
Date & Time: 28th March 2024, 10:30 am
Duration: 3h
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General Instructions:
Read the following instructions carefully and follow them:
- This question paper contains 34 questions. All questions are compulsory.
- Question paper is divided into five Sections - Section A, B, C, D and E.
- Section A - question number 1 to 21 are Multiple Choice type Questions. Each question carries 1 mark.
- Section B - question number 22 to 27 are Short Answer type questions. Each question carries 3 marks. Write answer to each question in 60 to 80 words.
- Section C - question number 28 to 30 are Long Answer (LA) type Questions. Each question carries 8 marks. Write answer to each question in 300 to 350 words.
- Section D - question number 31 to 33 are Source Based Questions having three sub questions. Each question carries 4 marks.
- Section E - question number 34 is Map Based Question that includes the identification and location of significant test items. This question carries 5 marks. Attach the Map with the answer-book.
- There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in section B, C and D of question paper. A candidate has to write answer for only one of the alternatives in such questions.
- In addition to this, NOTE that a separate question has been provided for Visually Impaired Candidates in lieu of questions having visual inputs, Map etc. Such questions are to be attempted by Visually Impaired Candidates only.
Who among the following was an ex-army official and worked as Director General of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)?
John Marshal
Alexander Cunningham
R.D. Bannerjee
R.E.M. Wheeler
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Identify the following picture from the given options:
Sultan Jahan Begum
Shahjahan Begum
Jahanara Begum
Ruksar Begum
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Which one of the following is the correct statement regarding Harappan Culture?
Most of the Harappan sites were located in semi-arid lands.
Irrigation was probably not required for agriculture at the Harappan sites.
No trace of canals have been found at the Harappan sites.
The Iron tipped Ploughshare was used at the Harappan sites.
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Which one of the following is not a true statement regarding Harappan Script?
This script remains undeciphered till date.
This script was written from left to right.
It was not alphabetic.
It has too many signs between 375 and 400.
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The practice of ______ means a man having several wives.
Exogamy
Endogamy
Polygyny
Polyandry
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Assertion (A): In the Eighth Century, the Kailashnath Temple was carved out of mountain.
Reason (R): King Ashoka had given the directive to create artificial caves by cutting into the mountains to resemble temples.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(A) is true, but (R) is untrue.
(A) is untrue, but (R) is true.
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Identify the medieval globe-trotter with the help of the following information:
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Abd-al-Razzak
Al-Biruni
lbn Batuta
Seydi Ali Reis
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Arrange the following in chronological order and choose the correct option from the following:
- Rule of Ashoka
- Invasion of Alexander
- Rule of Gupta dynasty
- Rise of Chalukyas in Karnataka
I, III, II and IV
IV, II, I and III
II, I, III and IV
III, IV, II and I
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Who among the following Sikh Gurus compiled ‘Adi Granth Sahib’?
Guru Nanak Dev ji
Guru Arjun Dev ji
Guru Hargobind Sahib ji
Guru Gobind Singh ji
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Read the following information carefully and choose the correct location for this dargah from the given options.
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Ajmer
Delhi
Agra
Fatehpur Sikri
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Which one of the following description of Mughal rural society is correctly matched?
| (Rural-people) | (Profession) |
| Raiyat | Boatsman |
| (Rural-people) | (Profession) |
| Mallah | Banker |
| (Rural-people) | (Profession) |
| Shroff | Peasant |
| (Rural-people) | (Profession) |
| Mansabdar | Military-Bureaucrat |
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Match column-I with column-II and choose the correct option:
| Column-I (Temple) | Column-II (Region) | ||
| I | Brihadeswara | A | Vijayanagar |
| II | Channekeshwar | B | Tanjavur |
| III | Hazara Ram | C | Tamil Nadu |
| IV | Chidambaram | D | Belur |
I - C, II - B, III - D, IV - A
I - A, II - C, III - B, IV - B
I - B, II - D, III - A, IV - C
I - D, II - A, III - C, IV - B
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Identify the forest tribe during sixteenth and seventeenth century with the help of following information:
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Lohani tribe
Santhal tribe
Ahom tribe
Munda tribe
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Identify the primary purpose of Britishers to implement Permanent Settlement in Bengal. Choose the best suitable option from the following:
To empower peasants of the region.
To abolish land ownership in the region.
To increase agricultural productivity of Jotedars.
To provide financial stability to British govt.
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Choose the correct option regarding Virashaiva tradition from the following:
This tradition emerged in Karnataka.
They are the followers of Vishnu.
They believed in the theory of rebirth.
They practice funerary rites.
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Who among the following was the leader of the revolt of 1857 from Bihar region?
Shahmal
Kunwar Singh
Gonoo
Nana Saheb
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At which of the following places the mutiny broke out on 10th day of May 1857?
Barrakpore
Delhi
Meerut Cantt
Lucknow
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Who among the following moved the resolution in the Constituent Assembly that the Indian National Flag be horizontal tricolour of saffron, white and dark green in equal proportions with a wheel in navy blue in the centre?
Vallabhbhai Patel
Rajendra Prasad
B.R. Ambedkar
Jawaharlal Nehru
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Identify the member of Constituent Assembly with the help of information given below:
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B. N. Rau
K. M. Munshi
Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
S. N. Mukherjee
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Which of the following movements was broadened by ‘Lal-Bal-Pal’ and conveyed it as the all-India character of their struggle from1905-1907?
Gadar Movement
Swadeshi Movement
Satyagraha Movement
Peasant Movement
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Who among the following described the following line for Kingdom of Awadh?
"A cherry that will fall into our mouth one day."
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Wellesley
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Canning
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Explain the strategies adopted by Harappans to procure raw material for their craft production.
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Explain how archaeologists have been able to reconstruct dietry practices of the Harappans.
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“Mahabharat is a dynamic text.” Explain the statement.
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Explain the major features of Virashaiva tradition.
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Examine the major sources of income of the Panchayats during sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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Why did Awadh become one of the major centres of Revolt of 1857? Explain.
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How did British suppress the Revolt of 1857? Explain.
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"The draft constitution provided for three lists of subjects on the issue of federalism." Explain the statement with examples.
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"Magadha became the most powerful Mahajanpada between 6th and 4th centuries BCE." Justify the statement.
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“Mauryan empire was regarded as major landmark in the Indian history.” Justify the statement.
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Explain the reasons behind Gandhiji’s decision to initiate the Salt Satyagraha.
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Why did the Salt Satyagraha movement become a significant event?
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Explain why the ‘Quit India Movement’ was considered a mass movement.
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Examine the main reasons for the rise and decline of the Vijaynagar empire.
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Examine the distinctive aspects of the fortificationof the Vijaynagar empire.
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Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow:
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A ryot petition This is an example of a petition from a ryot of the village of Mirajgaon, Taluka Karjat, to the Collector, Ahmednagar, Deccan Riots Commission: The sowkars (sahukars)... have of late begun to oppress us. As we cannot earn enough to defray our household expenses, we are actually forced to beg of them to provide us with money, clothes and grain, which we obtain from them not without great difficulty, nor without their compelling us to enter into hard conditions in the bond. Moreover the necessary clothes and grain are not sold to us at cash rates. The prices asked from us are generally twenty-five or fifty per cent more than demanded from customers making ready money payments... The produce of our fields is also taken by the sowkars, who at the time of removing it assure us that it will be credited to our account, but they do not actually make any mention of it in the accounts. They also refuse to pass us any receipts for the produce so removed by them. |
- In what ways the money-lenders oppressed the ryots?
- Why was the harvest taken away by the money-lenders?
- Explain any two features of the Ryotwari system.
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Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow:
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A language with an enormous range Al-Biruni described Sanskrit as follows: If you want to conquer this difficulty (i.e. to learn Sanskrit), you will not find it easy, because the language is of an enormous range, both in words and inflections, something like the Arabic, calling one and the same thing by various names, both original and derivative and using one and the same word for a variety of subjects, which, in order to be properly understood, must be distinguished from each other by various qualifying epithets. |
- What motivated Al-Biruni to study Sanskrit?
- How did Al-Biruni's observations about Sanskrit contribute to cross cultural understanding?
- In what ways Al-Biruni compare Sanskrit to Arabic?
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Read the following source carefully and answer the questions that follow:
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Buddhism in practice This is an excerpt from the Sutta Pitaka and contains the advice given by the Buddha to a wealthy householder named Sigala: In five ways should a master look after his servants and employees... by assigning them work according to their strength, by supplying them with food and wages, by tending them in sickness; by sharing delicacies with them and by granting leave at times... In five ways should the clansmen look after the needs of samanas (those who have renounced the world) and Brahmanas: by affection in act and speech and mind, by keeping open house to them and supplying their worldly needs. There are similar instructions to Sigala about how to behave with his parents, teacher and wife. |
- Explain the significance of Sutta Pitaka in Buddhism.
- How did Buddha advise the wealthy householders to be humane and ethical?
- What was the advice given by Buddha to Sigala on how to behave with his parents and teachers?
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- On the given political outline map of India, locate and label the following with appropriate signs:
- Banawali - A matured Harappan Site
- Bharhut - A Buddhist Site
- (a) Agra - Territory under Mughal’s control
OR
(b) Delhi - Territory under Mughal’s control
- On the same map two places have been marked as A and B, which are the centres of Indian National Movement. Identify them and write their correct names on the lines drawn near them.
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