Mock Test-1 (Paper-1) (Question 1-50)

Total Questions: 50

1. Match list 'A' with the list 'B' and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :

List 'A'List 'B'
A. Janapadas1. Panchamandali
B. Rural areas2. Parishads
C. Towns3. Ashtakuladhi - karana
D. Districts4. Purapala

 

Code:ABCD
(a)1324
(b)2134
(c)2143
(d)4132
Correct Answer: (c)

2. Which one of the following is the common element between the kailasanatha Temple at Ellora and the Shore Temple at Mamallapuram?

Correct Answer: (c) Both are Gupta period temples
Solution:Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora and the Shore temple at Mamallapuram were built around the same time Both are Gupta period temples.

3. Among the precious stones, the most extensive foreign trade during the Gupta age was that of

Correct Answer: (d) sapphire
Solution:Sapphire was the most precious stone in terms of foreign trade in Gupta period.

4. Which one of the following Brahmana texts belongs to the Rigveda?

Correct Answer: (a) Aitareya Brahmana
Solution:The Rigveda is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns. It is one of the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as the vedas. The text is a collection of 1028 hymns and 10,600 verses, organised into ten books. Aitareya Brahmana belongs to Rigveda.

5. The Jainas believe the Jainism is the outcome of the teachings of 24 tirthankaras. In the light of this statement, which one among the following is correct of Vardhamana Mahavira?

Correct Answer: (c) He was the last and 24th tirthankara, who was not considered as the founder of the new faith but as a reformer of the existing religious sect
Solution:Mahavira was a teacher of the religion of Jainism. He lived in India. His followers believed that he was the 24th in a line of great teachers. These teachers were called tirthankaras.

6. India has a rich heritage of science and technology. Consider the following sentences regarding ancient science.

1. From 600 BC began the period of rational sciences and Takshila and Varanasi emerged as centres of medicine and learning.

2. Diseases, cure and medicines were mentioned for the first time in the Sama Veda.

3. Apastamba was a second century BC mathematician who introduced practical geometry involving acute, obtuse, right angles.

Select the correct option from the codes given below :

Correct Answer: (c) 1 and 3
Solution:Diseases, cure and medicines were mentioned for the first time in the Atharva Veda. Fever, cough, consumption, diarrhoea, dropsy, sores, leprosy and seizure are the diseases mentioned. The diseases are said to be caused by the demons and spirits entering one's body. The remedies recommended were replete with magical charms and spells.

7. Which Arab scientist could be given the credit of christening the mathematical discipline of algorithm?

Correct Answer: (a) Al-Khwarizmi
Solution:Muhammadibn Mūsā al-Khwarizmi, formerly Latinized as Algorithmi, was a Persian scholar who produced works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography. He is given the credit of christening the mathematical discipline of algorithm.

8. Whom had Muhammad Ghori defeated in 1194 in the Battle of Chandawar?

Correct Answer: (b) Jaichand
Solution:Jaichand was defeated in the Battle of Chandwar (1193 or 1194) that was fought between Muhammad Ghori and Jaichand of Kannauj of the Gahadavala dynasty. Jaichand was defeated, giving Muhammad control of much of northern India.

9. Who destroyed the Nalanda University in 1193 AD and burnt it down?

Correct Answer: (b) Ikhtiyaruddin Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji
Solution:Bakhtiyar Khilji destroyed the Nalanda University in 1193 AD and burnt it down. In 1193, the Nalanda University was sacked by Bakhtiyar Khilji, a Turk. This event is seen by scholars as a late milestone in the decline of Buddhism in India. The Persian historian Minhaj-i-Siraj reported this event in his chronicle the Tabaquat-i-Nasiri.

10. Who among the following appointed Ibn Battuta as the Chief Qazi of Delhi?

Correct Answer: (d) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
Solution:Muhammad Bin Tughlaq appointed Ibn battuta as the Chief Qazi of Delhi. Ibn Battuta has discussed his travels and incursions in contemporary Islamic world and documented them in Rihla. He was appointed as Qazi by Muhammad Tughlaq and was also appointed ambassador to China.