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University : Mother Teresa Women’s University
Exam : TNSET – Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test 2017
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Year : 2017
Subject : History

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Mother Teresa TNSET History Question Paper

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1. Megasthenes wrote which one of the following
1) Arthasastra
2) Mudraraksha
3) Mahavamsa
4) Indica

2. The Palaeolithic tool in Tamil Nadu was first discovered at
1) Attirambakkam
2) Pallavaram
3) Vadamadurai
4) Gudiyam

3. Relic casket is normally associated with
1) Stupa
2) Vihara
3) Temple
4) Sacrifice

4. The Hathigumpha inscription is in the name of which one of the following ruler
1) Kadamba
2) Kharavela
3) Satavahana
4) Pala

5. Dockyard was discovered during the excavations at:
1) Mohendjadara
2) Kalibangam
3) Dholavira
4) Lothal

6. The Western Chalukya ruler who defeated Harshavardhan was
1) Pulikesin II
2) Pulikesin I
3) Vikramaditya
4) Vinayaditya

7. The first Buddhist Council was held at
1) Vallabi
2) Sarnath
3) Rajgriha
4) Sanchi

8. The script of Asoka’s Shahbazgari inscription is
1) Kharosoti
2) Brahmi
3) Greek
4) Devanagari

9. Manigramam was associated with
1) Guild Mendicants
2) Association of Agriculturists
3) A type of tax Revenue
4) Guild of Merchants

10. Which of the following is not authored by Harsha?
1) Harshacharita
2) Ratnavalli
3) Nagananda
4) Priyadharshika

11. The Kadamba’s capital Banavasi shall be identified with
1) Vaijayanthi
2) Mysore
3) Badami
4) Aihole

12. Harshavardhana reigning was between
1) 606-647 A.D.
2) 606-648 A.D.
3) 600-630 A.D.
4) 605-631 A.D.

13. Ajatasatru belonged to
1) Nanda dynasty
2) Mauryan dynasty
3) Haryanka dynasty
4) Sunga dynasty

14. The last ruler of Gupta dynasty is
1) Jivitagupta II
2) Vishnugupta II
3) Devagupta II
4) Madhava gupta

15. The Manyakheta was the capital of
1) Vakatakas
2) Rastrakutas
3) Chalukyas
4) Gangas

16. Vidharba kingdom is identified with the modern region of
1) Belur
2) Berar
3) Mysore
4) Nargarjunakonda

17. The last ruler of the Khiljis to rule India was
1) Khaizer Khan
2) Shadi Khan
3) Qutubuddin Mubarak Shah
4) ShihabuddinUmar

18. Who is the sole author of Medieval India to claim that Muhammad bin Tughlaq had designated Firuz Shah as his heir?
1) Ibn Battuta
2) Shams-i-Siraj Afif
3) Ziauddin Barani
4) Yahia bin Ahmad Sirhindi

19. The first Indo-Muslim classic on statecraft prepared under lltumish was known as
1) Adab-us-Salatin
2) Ahkam-us-Sultaniya
3) Fatawa-I-Jahandari
4) Abadul Muluk

20. The Independent kingdom of Warangal comes to an end in the early Fifteenth Century as a result of its annexation by
1) Ahmad Shah
2) Muhammad Shah I
3) Alauddin Bahman Shah
4) Mujahid Shah

21. ‘Polaj’ land of the medieval period means
1) Dry lands
2) Fallow lands
3) Lands cultivated once in two years
4) Annually cultivated lands

22. Which one of the following terms denotes money changers of Medieval India?
1) Ijardars
2) Patels
3) Wajhdars
4) Sarrafs

23. Tuhfa-i-AkbariShahi written by Abbas Khan Sarwani by the order of Emperor Akbar provides details about the life and works of
1) Akbar
2) Sher Shah Sur
3) Babur
4) Humayun

24. The poet Laureate of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar was
1) Nandi Timmanna
2) Bhattu Murti
3) Dhurijati
4) Allasani Peddanna

25. The credit for organising the Suhrawardi order in India goes to
1) Shaikh QutbuddinBakhtiyar Kaki
2) Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
3) Shaikh Bahauddin Zakaria
4) Shaikh Yahya Maneri

26. Who was known as the Chiragh of Delhi?
1) Alaul Haq Pandavi
2) Nasiruddin Mahmud
3) Mir Mukhtar Akhyar
4) Khwaja Muinu’d-Din

27. What is the original name of Alauddin Khalji?
1) Almas Beg
2) Alp Khan
3) Ali Gurshap
4) Alaul Malik

28. Under reign of which ruler the Maratha expansion reached its greatest
1) Shivaji
2) Shahji
3) Baji Rao I
4) Nana Saheb

29. Which among the following was not a village assembly of the Vijayanagara period?
1) Sabha
2) Mahasabha
3) Ashabha
4) Mahajana

30. Diwan-i-Khairat, the department of charity was created by
1) Razia Sultana
2) Ala-ud-din Khilji
3) Firuz Shah Tughlaq
4) Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq

31. The Author of The Book ‘Chachnama’ was
1) Abu RihanAlberuni
2) Ai-quizwani
3) Abu Nasir Utabi
4) Author is unknown

32. The second battle of Panipat put an end to the rule of
1) Indo-Afghans in India
2) Indo-Persians in India
3) Rajput rule in India
4) Tribal rule in India

33. The Portuguese traveler, chronicler and horse trader who spent three years in Vijayanagara is
1) Niccolo de Conti
2) Abdur Razzak
3) Ibn Batuta
4) Fernao Nuniz

34. The autonomous kingdom of Hyderabad was founded by Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi also known as Chin Qilich khan in which year
1) 1720
2) 1721
3) 1724
4) 1726

35. Who among the following introduce a scheme of administration which centered around a class of official called commissioners, each whom was placed in charge of division comprising seven districts?
1) Lord Cornwallis
2) Lord Warren Hastings
3) Lord Wellesley
4) Lord William Bentinck