History CUET 2022

Q.1 The Harappans procured Lapis Lazuli, a blue stone from:

(1) Nageshwar

(2) Shortughai

(3) Balakot

ANS 2

Q.2 Identify the first Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India :

(1) R.E.M. Wheeler

(2) Alexander Cunninghum

(3) John Marshall

(4) Daya Ram Sahni

ANS 2

Q.3 Point the evidence NOT considered as a proof of agricultural technology of Harappan culture:

(1) Terracotta bull

(2) Teracotta Models of Plough

(3) Grid Patterned streets

(4) Traces of canals at Shortughai

ANS 3

Q.4 Archaeologist have unearthed several thousand copper coins issued by:

(1) Kushanas

(2) Romans

(3) Yaudhayas

ANS 3

Q.5 Who among the following rulers adopted the title “Devaputra” or ‘Son of god” ?

(1) Chola Rulers

(2) Maurya Rulers

(3) Gupta Rulers

(4) Kushana Rulers

ANS 4

Q.6 Name the Chinese traveller/scholar who visited the Patliputra city in 7^th century CE, he found it in ruins and with small population?  

(1) Fia-Xian

(2) Xuan Zang

(3) O-Sing

ANS 2

Q.7 According to Manusmriti, which among the following is NOT one of the means for men to acquire wealth?

(1) Conquest

(2) Investment

(3) Stealing

(4) Inheritance

ANS 3

Q.8 According to Manusmriti, Endogamy refers to marriage:

 (1) Outside the kin or caste group

(2) Within the kin and caste group

(3) Practice of a man having several wives

(4) Practice of women having several husbands

ANS 2

Q.9 Select the strategies adopted by Brahmanas to enforce the norm of ‘right’ occupation’:

(A) They asserted through hymns in RigVeda that Varna was of divine origin.

(B) They advised kings to ensure that these norms were followed within their kingdoms.

(C) They attempted to persuade people that their status was determined by their merit

(D) They never attempted to enforce anything, it was just that people chose their Question: occupation.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A) and (C)

(2) (B) and (C)

(3) (D) and (A)

ANS 4

Q.10 Who among the following visited Amravati and collected several sculpture panels and took them to Madras?

(1) Marco Polo 

(2) John Marshall

(3) Walter Elliot

ANS 3

Q.11 Match List - I with List – II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(1) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

(3) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

(4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

ANS 4

Q.12 The Sanchi Stupa complex has survived due to:

(A) The decisions of Shahjahan Begum and Sultan Jehan Begum

(B) The good luck in escaping the eyes of railway contractors and builders

(C) The good luck in escaping the eyes of those looking for finds to carry away to the museums of Europe  

(D) The steps taken by the British government to conserve the Stupa Qe

(E) The steps taken to demarcate it as a residential building.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B), (D) and (E) only

(2 (B), (C), (D) and (E) only

(3) (A), (C), (D) and (E) only

(4) (A), (B), (C) only

Q.13 Who among the following has written in detail about the unique communication or about the postal system of Delhi Sultanate ? 

(1) Al-Biruni

(2) Abdul - Razzaq Samarqgandi

(3) Ibn Battuta

(4) Peter Mundi

ANS 3

Q.14 Match List - I with List - II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

(2) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

(3) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

(4) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

ANS 1

Q.15 Andal, a women Alvar, saw herself as beloved of:

(1) Krishna

(2) Vishnu

(3) Shiva

(4) Ganesh

ANS 2

Q.16 Match List - I with List – II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(1) (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

(2) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

(3) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

(4) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

ANS 1

Q.17 Match List - I with List – II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(1) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

(2) (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

(3) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

(4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

ANS 4

Q.18 Arrange the following in ascending order :

(A) Aravidu dynasty

(B) Saluvas dynasty

(C) Tuluvas dynasty

(D) Sangama dynasty

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A) ,(B), (C), (D)

(2) (D), (A), (B), (C)

(3) (D), (B), (C), (A)

(4) (D), (C), (B), (A)

ANS 3

Q.19 Abdur Razzaq, was greatly impressed by the unique features of Vijayanaga’s fortification. Choose the features of Vijayanagara’s fort:

(A) Eight lines of forts were constructed

(B) No mortar was used in construction

(C) The stone blocks were wedge shaped cues

(D) Circular bastions and pyramids were there in forts

(E) The fortification did not enclose agricultural tracts

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B), (C) and (E) only

(2) (B) and (C) only

(3) (B), (C), (D) and (E) only

(4) (4), (D) and (E) only

ANS 2

Q.20 Most peasants during the Mughal rule in India produced a minimum of crops.

(1) 7

(2) 4

(3) 3

(4) 2

ANS 4

Q.21 Arrange the following capital cities of the Mughals according to the timeline. (from first to the last)

(A) Fatehpur Sikri

(B) Shahjahanabad

(C) Agra

(D) Lahore

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B), (C), (D) 

(2) (D), (C), (B), (A)

(3) (C), (A), (D), (B) 

(4) (B), (D), (A), (C)

ANS 3

Q.22 Match List - I with List – II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

(2) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

(3) (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

(4) (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

ANS 3

Q.23 Which of the following Mughal queens and princesses controlled financial resources ?

(A) Nur Jahan

(B) Jahanara

(C) Roshanara

(D) Nadira

(E) Razia

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(1) (A), (B), (C) only

(2) (A), (B), (D) and (E) only

(3) (B), (C), (D) only

(4) (C), D), (E) only

ANS 1

Q.24 The bazaar of Chandni Chowk, the throbbing centre of Shahjahanabad was designed by: cueston

(1) Gulbadan Begum 

(2) Jodha Bai

(3) Jahanara

(4) Nur Jahan

ANS 3

Q.25 Akbar Nama was translated into English by:

(1) Sir William Jones

(2) Anthony Monserrate

(3) Henry Beveridge

(4) Father Antonio

ANS 3

Q.26 Lucknow was represented by whom after the death of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah :

(1) Nana Sahib

(2) Peshwa Baji Rao

(3) Birjis Qadr

(4) Kunwar Singh

ANS 3

Q.27 “ Angrez Bahadur ain,mulk lai linho” (the honourable English came and took the country). In this folk song “mulk” (country) is referred to -

(1) Kanpur

(2) Awadh

(3) Jhansi

(4) Meerut

ANS 2

Q.28 The experience of Frangois Sisten is important :

(1) In the context of the communication of the message of revolt and mutiny

(2) In the context of the planning of the British to suppress the revolt

(3) In the context of the implications of the revolt

(4) In the context of the unity between the Hindus and the Muslims

ANS 1

Q.29 The British official who estimated that three-fourths of the adult male population was in rebellion in 1857 –

(1) Forsyth

(2) Henry Harlock

(3) James Outram

(4) Colin Campbell

ANS 1

Q.30 The famous painting “Relief of Lucknow” celebrates the British saviours and shows the Indian rebels in poor light. Who is the painter? —

(1) Thomas Jones Barker ‘

(2) Joseph Noel Paton

(3) Punch

(4) William Hodges

ANS 1

 Q.31 Which of the following statements is/are correct about Subsidiary Alliance :

(A) It was devised by Lord Dalhousie in 1798

(B) The British would be responsible for protecting their ally from external and internal threats

(C) In the territory of the ally, a British Christian missionary was to be stationed

(D) The ally could enter into agreements with other rulers only with the permission of Question: the British

(E) The ally could enter into war without taking permission from the British.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B) and (E) only

(2) (A) (B) and (E) only

(3) (B) and (D) only

(4) (B) (C) and (E) only

ANS 3

Q.32 Arrange the following events related to the establishment of British empire in India in chronological order :

(A) Establishment of railways in India by the British

(B) Lottery Committee

(C) First all India Census

(D) British set up trading post in Madras

(E) Transfer of Capital from Calcutta to Delhi

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (D), (B), (A), (C), (E)

(2) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

(3) (B), (D), (A), (C), (E)

(4) (C), (B), (A), (E), (D)

ANS 1

Q.33 Which of the following factors made Gandhi Ji a people’s leader:

(A) He lived like them

(B) Spoke their language

(C) He wore simple dhoti

(D) He spent each day working on charkha

(E) He did not do manual labour

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B), (C), (D)

(2) (B), (C), (D), (E)

(3) (B), (C), (D)

(4) (C), (D), (E)

ANS 1

Q.34 How did Gandhi Ji broaden the basis of Nationalism:

(A) New branches of Congress were set up in various parts of India

(B) A series of ‘Praja Mandals’were established to promote nationalist creed in the princely states

(C) GandhiJi encouraged communication of nationalist message in the mother tongue

(D) Gandbhi Ji was not able to gather support of Indian entrepreneurs and industrialists

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (D), (C) only

(2 (A) (B), (C) only

(3) (C) & (D) only

(4) (A) and (B) only

ANS 2

Q.35 Arrange the following events chronologically:

(A) Lahore Session and the demand for Purna Swaraj

(B) On 26 January Gandhi Ji promoted to celebrate independence  day in a traditional way

(C) The Salt March begins

(D) Salt was made by Gandhi Ji and salt law was broken at Dandi

(E) Gandhi - Irwin Pact signed

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (B), (C) (D), (E), (A)

(2) (C), (D), (E), (A), (B)

(3) (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)

(4) (D), (B) (A), (B), (C)

ANS 3

Q.36 Arrange the following movements in order to their occurrence,

(A) Kheda Satyagraha

(B) Bardoli Satyagraha

(C) Rowlatt Satyagraha

(D) Quit India Movement

(E) Champaran Satyagraha

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (D) (C), (B), (E)

(2) (B) (A), (C), (B), (D)

(3) (E), (D), (C), (B), (A)

(4) (B), (C), (D), (A), (E)

ANS 3

Q.37 Match List - I with List – II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(1) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

(2) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

(3) (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(II)

(4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

ANS 3

 Q.38 Mahatma Gandbhi tried to obtain for the peasants security of tenure and freedom to cultivate the crops of their choice in which of the following movement:

(1) Chauri Chaura Questios

(2) Ahmedabad Satyagraha

(3) Kheda Satyagraha

(4) Champaran Satyagraha

ANS 4

 Q.39 The leader of the Muslim League who drafted the Pakistan Resolution was:

(1) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

(2) Maulana Azad

(3) Sikandar Hayat Khan

(4) Muhammad Igbal

ANS 2

Q.40 Admist all the turmoil of the partition one man’s valiant efforts to restore communal harmony bore fruit. Who is being discussed in there lines?

Choose the correct option. 

(1) BN. Rau

(2) Rajendra Prasad

(3) Mahatma Gandhi

(4) Maulana Azad

ANS 3

 Q.41 Read the passage given below and answer.

From the Fifth Report

Referring to the condition of zamindars and the auction of lands, the Fifth Report stated:

The revenue was not realised with punctuality, and lands to a considerable extent were periodically exposed to sale by auction. In the native year 1203, corresponding with 1796-97, the land advertised for sale comprehended a jumma or assessment of sicca rupees 28,70,061, the extent of land actually sold bore a jumma or assessment of 14,18,756, and the amount of purchase money sicca rupees 17,90,416. In 1204, corresponding with 1797-98, the land advertised was for sicca rupees 26,66,191, the quantity sold was for sicca rupees 22,74,076, and the purchase money sicca rupees 21,47,580. Among the defaulters were some of the oldest families of the country. Such were the rajahs of Nuddea, Rajeshaye, Bishenpore (all districts of Bengal), . . . and others, the dismemberment of whose estates at the end of each succeeding year, threatened them with poverty and ruin, and in some instance presented difficulties to the revenue officers, in their efforts to preserve undiminished the amount of public assessment.

Name the British East India company official who introduced the Permanent Settlement?

(1) Lord William Bentinck

(2) Lord Cornwallis

(3) Lord Hastings

(4) Lord Wellesley

ANS 2

 Q.42 From the Fifth Report

Referring to the condition of zamindars and the auction of lands, the Fifth Report stated:

The revenue was not realised with punctuality, and lands to a considerable extent were periodically exposed to sale by auction. In the native year 1203, corresponding with 1796-97, the land advertised for sale comprehended a jumma or assessment of sicca rupees 28,70,061, the extent of land actually sold bore a jumma or assessment of 14,18,756, and the amount of purchase money sicca rupees 17,90,416. In 1204, corresponding with 1797-98, the land advertised was for sicca rupees 26,66,191, the quantity sold was for sicca rupees 22,74,076, and the purchase money sicca rupees 21,47,580. Among the defaulters were some of the oldest families of the country. Such were the rajahs of Nuddea, Rajeshaye, Bishenpore (all districts of Bengal), . . . and others, the dismemberment of whose estates at the end of each succeeding year, threatened them with poverty and ruin, and in some instance presented difficulties to the revenue officers, in their efforts to preserve undiminished the amount of public assessment.

What were the officials trying to show through the figures?

(A) Maladministration, corruption and misrule by East India Company

(B) Drawbacks of the system of Permanent Settlement

(C) Inefficiency in Revenue collection

(D) Collapse of the traditional Zamindari power

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A)and (D) only

(2) (B)and (C) only

(3) (B)and (D) only

(4) (A) and (C) only

ANS 1

 Q.43 From the Fifth Report

Referring to the condition of zamindars and the auction of lands, the Fifth Report stated:

The revenue was not realised with punctuality, and lands to a considerable extent were periodically exposed to sale by auction. In the native year 1203, corresponding with 1796-97, the land advertised for sale comprehended a jumma or assessment of sicca rupees 28,70,061, the extent of land actually sold bore a jumma or assessment of 14,18,756, and the amount of purchase money sicca rupees 17,90,416. In 1204, corresponding with 1797-98, the land advertised was for sicca rupees 26,66,191, the quantity sold was for sicca rupees 22,74,076, and the purchase money sicca rupees 21,47,580. Among the defaulters were some of the oldest families of the country. Such were the rajahs of Nuddea, Rajeshaye, Bishenpore (all districts of Bengal), . . . and others, the dismemberment of whose estates at the end of each succeeding year, threatened them with poverty and ruin, and in some instance presented difficulties to the revenue officers, in their efforts to preserve undiminished the amount of public assessment.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct.

(A) The Permanent Settlement had come into operation in 1798

(B) Under this system, zamindar was not a land owner in the village, but revenue collector of the state

(C) Due to high initial demands, zamindars defaulted on payments

(D) Faced with an exorbitantly high revenue demand, zamindars fled to forests

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A) and (B) only

(2) (B)and (C) only

(3) (A) and (D) only

(4) (B) and (D) only

ANS 2

 Q.44 From the Fifth Report

Referring to the condition of zamindars and the auction of lands, the Fifth Report stated:

The revenue was not realised with punctuality, and lands to a considerable extent were periodically exposed to sale by auction. In the native year 1203, corresponding with 1796-97, the land advertised for sale comprehended a jumma or assessment of sicca rupees 28,70,061, the extent of land actually sold bore a jumma or assessment of 14,18,756, and the amount of purchase money sicca rupees 17,90,416. In 1204, corresponding with 1797-98, the land advertised was for sicca rupees 26,66,191, the quantity sold was for sicca rupees 22,74,076, and the purchase money sicca rupees 21,47,580. Among the defaulters were some of the oldest families of the country. Such were the rajahs of Nuddea, Rajeshaye, Bishenpore (all districts of Bengal), . . . and others, the dismemberment of whose estates at the end of each succeeding year, threatened them with poverty and ruin, and in some instance presented difficulties to the revenue officers, in their efforts to preserve undiminished the amount of public assessment.

According to the passage, meaning of ‘jumma’ is …………. .

(1) Amount collected as Land Revenue

(2) Amount collected from auction of land

(3) Official assessment of Land Revenue

(4) Amount expected from auction of land

ANS 3

Q.45 From the Fifth Report

Referring to the condition of zamindars and the auction of lands, the Fifth Report stated:

The revenue was not realised with punctuality, and lands to a considerable extent were periodically exposed to sale by auction. In the native year 1203, corresponding with 1796-97, the land advertised for sale comprehended a jumma or assessment of sicca rupees 28,70,061, the extent of land actually sold bore a jumma or assessment of 14,18,756, and the amount of purchase money sicca rupees 17,90,416. In 1204, corresponding with 1797-98, the land advertised was for sicca rupees 26,66,191, the quantity sold was for sicca rupees 22,74,076, and the purchase money sicca rupees 21,47,580. Among the defaulters were some of the oldest families of the country. Such were the rajahs of Nuddea, Rajeshaye, Bishenpore (all districts of Bengal), . . . and others, the dismemberment of whose estates at the end of each succeeding year, threatened them with poverty and ruin, and in some instance presented difficulties to the revenue officers, in their efforts to preserve undiminished the amount of public assessment.

The British East India Company had issued a decree that property of …………… would not be taken over, even in the case of non-payment of revenue.

(1) Women

(2) Poor Peasants

(3) Kings

(4) Jotedars

ANS 1

 Q.46 Read the passage given below to answer.

“I believe separate electorates will be

suicidal to the minorities”

During the debate on 27 August 1947, Govind Ballabh Pant said:

I believe separate electorates will be suicidal to the minorities and will do them tremendous harm. If they are isolated for ever, they can never convert themselves into a majority and the feeling of frustration will cripple them even from the very beginning. What is it that you desire and what is our ultimate objective? Do the minorities always want to remain as minorities or do they ever expect to form an integral parts of a great nation and as such to guide and control its destinies? If they do, can they ever achieve that aspiration and thatideal if they are isolated from the rest of the community? Ithink it would be extremely dangerous for them if they were segregated from the rest of the community and kept aloof in an air-tight compartment where they would have to rely on others even for the air they breath. The minorities if they are returned by separate electorates can never have any effective voice.

                                    CAD, Vol.II

The British East India Company had issued a decree that property of ………… would not be taken over, even in the case of non-payment of revenue.

(1) Women

(2) Poor Peasants

(3) Kings

(4) Jotedars

ANS 1

 Q.47 Read the passage given below to answer.

“I believe separate electorates will be

suicidal to the minorities”

During the debate on 27 August 1947, Govind Ballabh Pant said:

I believe separate electorates will be suicidal to the minorities and will do them tremendous harm. If they are isolated for ever, they can never convert themselves into a majority and the feeling of frustration will cripple them even from the very beginning. What is it that you desire and what is our ultimate objective? Do the minorities always want to remain as minorities or do they ever expect to form an integral parts of a great nation and as such to guide and control its destinies? If they do, can they ever achieve that aspiration and thatideal if they are isolated from the rest of the community? Ithink it would be extremely dangerous for them if they were segregated from the rest of the community and kept aloof in an air-tight compartment where they would have to rely on others even for the air they breath. The minorities if they are returned by separate electorates can never have any effective voice.

CAD, Vol.II

Which minister from Madras made a powerful plea for continuing separate electorates?

(1) R.V. Dhulekar

(2) B. Pocker Bahadur

(3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(4) Govind Ballabh Pant

ANS 2

 Q.48 Read the passage given below to answer.

“I believe separate electorates will be

suicidal to the minorities”

During the debate on 27 August 1947, Govind Ballabh Pant said:

I believe separate electorates will be suicidal to the minorities and will do them tremendous harm. If they are isolated for ever, they can never convert themselves into a majority and the feeling of frustration will cripple them even from the very beginning. What is it that you desire and what is our ultimate objective? Do the minorities always want to remain as minorities or do they ever expect to form an integral parts of a great nation and as such to guide and control its destinies? If they do, can they ever achieve that aspiration and thatideal if they are isolated from the rest of the community? Ithink it would be extremely dangerous for them if they were segregated from the rest of the community and kept aloof in an air-tight compartment where they would have to rely on others even for the air they breath. The minorities if they are returned by separate electorates can never have any effective voice.

CAD, Vol.II

Separate electorates was a “poison that has entered the body politic of our country” was declared by:

(1) R.V. Dhulekar

(2) B. Pocker Bahadur

(3) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

(4) Begam Aizaz Rosul

ANS 3

 Q.49 Read the passage given below to answer.

“I believe separate electorates will be

suicidal to the minorities”

During the debate on 27 August 1947, Govind Ballabh Pant said:

I believe separate electorates will be suicidal to the minorities and will do them tremendous harm. If they are isolated for ever, they can never convert themselves into a majority and the feeling of frustration will cripple them even from the very beginning. What is it that you desire and what is our ultimate objective? Do the minorities always want to remain as minorities or do they ever expect to form an integral parts of a great nation and as such to guide and control its destinies? If they do, can they ever achieve that aspiration and thatideal if they are isolated from the rest of the community? Ithink it would be extremely dangerous for them if they were segregated from the rest of the community and kept aloof in an air-tight compartment where they would have to rely on others even for the air they breath. The minorities if they are returned by separate electorates can never have any effective voice.

CAD, Vol.II

“Separate electorates were self destructive since they isolated the minorities from the majority” is stated by:

(1) R.V. Dhulekar

(2) Govind Ballabh Pant

(3) Begam Aizaz Rosul

(4) B. Pocker Bahadur

ANS 3

 Q.50 Read the passage given below to answer.

“I believe separate electorates will be

suicidal to the minorities”

During the debate on 27 August 1947, Govind Ballabh Pant said:

I believe separate electorates will be suicidal to the minorities and will do them tremendous harm. If they are isolated for ever, they can never convert themselves into a majority and the feeling of frustration will cripple them even from the very beginning. What is it that you desire and what is our ultimate objective? Do the minorities always want to remain as minorities or do they ever expect to form an integral parts of a great nation and as such to guide and control its destinies? If they do, can they ever achieve that aspiration and thatideal if they are isolated from the rest of the community? Ithink it would be extremely dangerous for them if they were segregated from the rest of the community and kept aloof in an air-tight compartment where they would have to rely on others even for the air they breath. The minorities if they are returned by separate electorates can never have any effective voice.

CAD, Vol.II

“There is the unwholesome and to some extent degrading habit of thinking change in terms of communities and never in terms of citizens” was stated by:

(1) Begam Aizaz Rasul

(2) Govind Ballabh Pant

(3) N.C. Ranga

(4) B. Pocker Bahadur

ANS 2