History (Part-2) (CDS-Solved Paper)

Total Questions: 50

21. Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct option. [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

Statement I The early Aryans, who were essentially pastoral, did not develop any political structure which could measure up to a state in either ancient or modern sense.
Statement II Kingship was the same as tribal chief ship; the term Rajan being used for tribal chief who was primarily a military leader and who ruled over his people and not over any specified area.

Correct Answer: (a) Both the statements are individually true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I
Solution:

The early Aryans were divided into tribes or Janas. The chief of the tribe was called Rajan. He was selected by the tribe and he ruled according to the wishes of his tribesmen. He fought wars (not for acquiring territories but for protecting and acquiring cattle especially cows) and prayed for the welfare of his tribe. The people offered voluntary tributes called bali to the Rajan. Hence, both the statements are individually true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I.

22. Which one of the following peasant struggles was an outcome of British opium policy ? [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) Phulaguri Dhawa [1861]
Solution:

The Phulaguri Dhawa was the first ever peasant movement in the content of Indian Freedom Movement. Phulaguri Dhawa uprising of 1861. (Assam) was triggered by a ban imposed on opium cultivation and a proposed taxation on betel leaf and nut by British officials.

A number of British officials and policemen were killed by peasants and their bodies were thrown into the Kolong river. Birsaite Ulgulan of 1899-1900 was started in region South of Ranchi under leadership of Birsa Munda against British and local Zamindars.

Pabna Revolt (1873) was a peasant movement against the zomindars of tusufshahi pargana in Bengal. Maratha peasant uprising of 1875 was against increasing agrarian distress.

23. Which one of the following combinations of year and event concerning the French Revolution is correctly matched? [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

Correct Answer: (c) 1792 : National Convention
Solution:

National convention was the first Government of the French Revolution. Created after great insurrection of 10th August, 1792, it was the first French government organised as a republic abandoning monarchy altogether. Napolean code was established in 1904. While tennis Court Oath was taken on 20th June, 1789. New Constitution of France was created by National Assembly in 1791.

24. Due to which of the following factors, the Industrial Revolution took place in England in the eighteenth century? [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

1. The discovery of coal and iron deposits
2. The discovery of steam power
3. The introduction of railways
4. The regular supply of raw materials
Select the correct answer using the codes given below

Correct Answer: (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Solution:

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing process in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. Following factors were responsible for the Industrial Revolution that took place in England.
(i) The discovery of coal and iron deposits
(ii) The discovery of steam power
(iii) The introduction of railways
(iv) The regular supply of raw materials, same other factors were also responsible for this.

25. Consider the following [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

1. Tughlaqabad Fort
2. Bara Gumbad in Lodhi Garden
3. Qutub Minar
4. Fatehpur Sikri
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of building the above monuments?

Correct Answer: (b) 3, 1, 2, 4
Solution:

Qutub Minar was built in 1193 by Qutub-ud-din Aibak. It is a 73 m tall tapering tower of five stories situated in Delhi.
Tughlaqabad Fort (1321) was built by Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq of Delhi Sultanate. Bara Gumbad (1490) was constructed by Sikandar Lodhi and is believed to be the earliest full dome of any building in Delhi.
Fatehpur Sikri was founded as the capital of Mughal Empire in 1571 by Emperor Akbar.

26. With regard to nature of Mughal State, who among the following scholars argued that “the peculiar feature of the State in Mughal India was that it served not merely as the protective arm of the exploiting classes, but was itself the principal instrument of exploitation”? [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) Irfan Habib
Solution:

Irfan Habib in his book, the partition of memory, insists that … ‘‘the peculiar feature of the state in Mughal India was that it served not merely as the protective arm of the exploiting classes, but was itself the principal instrument of exploitation’’.

27. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists. [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:

Urvara → Fertile land
Maru → Desert land
Nadimatrika → Land watered by a river
Devamatrika → Land watered by rain

28. Who was the editor of the journal Indian Social Reformer that was started in 1890? [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

Correct Answer: (d) KN Natarajan
Solution:

The Indian Social Reformer was founded in Madras in 1890 by Kamakashi Natarajan, an associate of the great compaigning Journalist and founder of the Hindu, G. Subramaniam Iyer.

29. Which twelfth century Sanskrit scholar was first responsible for the compilation of ‘Nibandhas’ or digests of epic and Puranic texts? [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

Correct Answer: (c) Lakshmidhara
Solution:

The twelfth century sanskrit scholar who was responsible for the compilation of nibandhas and puranic texts is Lakshmidhara. The compilation of nibandhas is called Kalptaru and has themes from various Hindu aspects such as the puranas dharnia literature and vedas in one volume.

30. Which river is praised in the fifth century Tamil epic, Silappadikaram? [Evening Shift-2017 (II)]

Correct Answer: (a) Cauvery
Solution:

Silappadikaram is the earliest among the available Tamil epics written by Prince Ilange Adigal, it describes the love story of Kannagi and Kovalan. Silappadikaram says that Kovalan and Kannagi walked along the river Cauvery up to capital Uraiyur.