| 1. INTRODUCTION |
1. History is the study of-
(a) Past
(b) Society
(c) Law
(d) Environment
Ans:- (a)
2. Who was the first Greek historian?
(a) Thucydides
(b) Herodotus
(c) Manetho
(d) Homer
Ans:- (b)
3. Which of the following explicitly states that "History bases all its conclusions on rational evidences"?
(a) Herodotus
(b) Thucydides
(c) Polybios
(d) Tacitus
Ans:- (b)
4. 'The Histories' is written by-
(a) Herodotus
(b) Megasthenese
(c) Plutarch
(d) Pliny
Ans:- (a)
5. The title 'the father of History' has given to whom?
(a) Herodotus
(b) Euripides
(c) Thucydides
(d) Socrates
Ans:- (a)
6. Who says, "History repeats itself"?
(a) Hegel
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Kalhana
(d) Barani
Ans:- (a)
7. "We learn from history that man can never learn anything from History"-Who has said the statement?
(a) Hegel
(b) Karl Marx
(c) J. B. Bury
(d) E. H. Carr
Ans:- (a)
8. Who said, "All History is the history of class-struggle"?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) J. B. Bury
(c) Collingwood
(d) E. H. Carr
Ans:- (a)
9. Which one among the following sums up Marx's view about history?
(a) History is a record of the wars between various people
(b) History is a succession of struggle between the oppressor and the oppressed classes
(c) History is a faithful record of the past events
(d) None of the above
Ans:- (b)
10. Karl Marx explained the process of class struggle with the help of which one of the following theories?
(a) Empirical liberalism
(b) Existentialism
(c) Darwin's theory of evolution
(d) Dialectical materialism
Ans:- (d)
11. "History is past politics", who has held this view?
(a) Stubbs
(b) Carlyle
(c) Seeley
(d) Trevelyn
Ans:- (c)
12. Who said this, "History is an unending dialogue between past and present"?
(a) E. H. Carr
(b) Charlse Ferth
(c) Karl Marx
(d) V. A. Smith
Ans:- (a)
13. BC, used with dates, is acronym of-
(a) Before Christ
(b) British Columbia
(c) British Council
(d) Booking Clerk
Ans:- (a)
14. What is the full form of AD, used with dates?
(a) Anno Domini
(b) Assistant Director
(c) Acknowledgement Due
(d) After Date
Ans:- (a)
15. The year of 50 BC-
(a) appeared before 150 BC
(b) appeared after 150 BC
(c) in the year of 150 BC
(d) in the decade of 150 BC
Ans:- (b)
16. The year 1015 AD comes into which century?
(a) 10th century BC
(b) 10th century AD
(c) 11th century BC
(d) 11th century AD
Ans:- (d)
17. Vikrama Samvat commenced in the year of-
(a) 58 BC
(b) 78 AD
(c) 57 BC
(d) 73 BC
Ans:- (a)
18. Saka Samvat has commenced in the reign of which king?
(a) Asoka
(b) Kanishka
(c) Harsha
(d) Samudragupta
Ans:- (b)
19. National calendar of India is based on which Samvat (era)?
(a) Kali Samvat
(b) Vikrama Samvat
(c) Saka Samvat
(d) None of these
Ans:- (c)
20. The credit of commencement of Gupta Samvat has given to whom?
(a) Chandragupta-I
(b) Chandragupta-II
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Skandgupta
Ans:- (a)
21. Chandragupta-I has commenced the Gupta Samvat-
(a) to commemorate his ascendence to the throne
(b) on the occasion of Sakas uprooting
(c) on the occasion of huns defeating
(d) None of these
Ans:- (a)
22. Harshavardhana introduced Harsha Samvat in 606 AD on the occasion of-
(a) his ascension to the throne
(b) Kannauj accession
(c) Sindh victory
(d) victory over Eastern India
Ans:- (a)
23. Among the following which Samvat is called 'Kalchuri Samvat' because it had used by Kalchuris?
(a) Vikrama Samvat
(b) Saka Samvat
(c) Traikutaka Samvat
(d) None of these
Ans:- (c)
24. Chalukya-Vikrama Samvat was introduced by whom of the following?
(a) Tailap-II
(b) Someshwar-I
(c) Vikramaditya-VI
(d) Someshwar-II
Ans:- (c)
25. Among the following who is credited to commence a new Samvat (era)?
(a) Dharmapala
(b) Lakshman Sen
(c) Vijaya Sen
(d) Devpala
Ans:- (b)
26. Which one of the following will be the year of Saka Samvat in December 2009?
(a) 1931
(b) 1952
(c) 2066
(d) 2087
Ans:- (a)
27. When 2070 Vikrama Samvat is converted into Christian Era, the value would be
(a) 2070 BC
(b) 2070 AD
(c) 2013 BC
(d) 2013 AD
Ans:- (d)
28. What is the difference (in years) between Vikrama Era and Saka Era?
(a) 57 Years
(b) 78 Years
(c) 135 Years
(d) 320 years
Ans:- (c)
29. The Badami rock inscription of Pulkeshin-I is dated in the Saka year 465. If the same were to be dated in Vikrama Samvat, the year would be-
(a) 600
(b) 300
(c) 330
(d) 407
Ans:- (a)
30. 2063 Vikrama Samvat is mentioned in the calendar of Rajasthan Government, its Shake (Saka Samvat) would be-
(a) 1908 Shake
(b) 1918 Shake
(c) 1928 Shake
(d) 1938 Shake
Ans:- (c)
31. In archaeology, Stratigraphy is used to comprehend which of the following?
(a) extent limit of a culture
(b) gradual deposit of physical remains
(c) physical features of a settlement dwellers
(d) numeral property of milch cattles
Ans:- (b)
32. Carbon-Dating system was developed by-
(a) Herodotus
(b) Hegel
(c) V.A. Smith
(d) Willard Libby
Ans:- (d)
33. In the following which is used to date of archaeological remains of wood, bone and shell?
(a) Carbon-14
(b) Argon-40
(c) Strontium-90
(d) Uranium-238
Ans:- (a)
34. Carbon-dating is used to determine the age of-
(a) fossils
(b) plants
(c) rocks
(d) None of these
Ans:- (a)
35. Then Pre-History ends and History begins when-
(a) men learnt to walk
(b) men learnt to talk each other
(c) men learnt to write
(d) men learnt to make houses
Ans:- (c)
36. In the context of India, Historic Period begins from-
(a) 30 lac BC onwards
(b) 3 thousand BC onwards
(c) 600 BC onwards
(d) 647 AD onwards
Ans:- (c)
37. Indus Civilization is known as 'Proto-Historic Civilization, because remains of ………. found in it.
(a) Writing
(b) Copper
(c) Art
(d) Pottery making
Ans:- (a)
38. Chaitra 1 of the national calendar based on the Saka Era corresponds to which one of the following dates of the Gregorian calendar?
(a) 22nd March (or 21st March)
(b) 15th May (or 14th May)
(c) 31st March (or 30th March)
(d) 21st April (or 20th April)
Ans:- (a)
39. Who introduced the trend of division of History into 3 periods Ancient, Medieval and Modern?
(a) Herodotus
(b) Cicero
(c) Pliny
(d) Cellarius
Ans:- (d)
40. Who among the following provides much useful information for determining the beginning of Gupta Era?
(a) Fa-Hien
(b) Hiuen-Tsang
(c) Al-Masudi
(d) Al-Biruni
Ans:- (d)
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