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Who amongst the following Chola king fought against the Shailendra king of Shri Vijaya and defeated him?

(a) Parantakal

(b) Sundar Chola

(c) Rajaraja Chola I

(d) Rajendra Chola I

Option d – Rajendra Chola I

Which of the following Chola rulers is said to have reached the banks of the Ganges, thus resembling the exploits of Samudragupta in reverse? ( Previous Year Question Paper Calicut University MCQ )

(a) Rajaraja

(b) Vijayalaya

(c) Rajendra I

(d) Kulottunga l

Option c – Rajendra I

The titles of ‘Mummadi Chola,’ ‘Cholamartanda,’ and ‘Raja Kesari Aromoli’ were assumed by which of the following Chola rulers?

(a) Rajendra I

(b) Vijayalaya

(c) Rajaraja

(d) Rajadhiraja

Option c – Rajaraja

Hieun Tsang, the Chinese pilgrim, visited India during the reign of: ( Previous Year Question Paper Calicut University MCQ )

(a) Chandragupta-l

(b) Kanishka

(c) Ashoka

(d) Harshavardhana

Option d – Harshavardhana

Kadambari was written by:

(a) Kalidasa

(b) Kautilya

(c) Harsha

(d) Bana

Option d – Bana

Which of the following is the oldest seat of learning? ( Previous Year Question Paper Calicut University MCQ )

(a) Ujjain

(b) Nalanda

(c) Vikramshila

(d) Taxila

Option d – Taxila

Who built the stupa at Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh?

(a) Harsha

(b) Ashoka

(c) Kanishka

(d) Chandragupta

Option b – Ashoka

The Chola empire reached its zenith under: ( Previous Year Question Paper Calicut University MCQ )

(a) Parantaka I

(b) Rajaraja

(c) Rajendra Chola I

(d) Rajendra Chola II

Option c – Rajendra Chola I

Which of the following was the lowest unit of Chola administration?

(a) Mandalam

(b) Kottam

(c) Kurram

(d) Uru

Option d – Uru

The full format of LASER is ( Previous Year Question Paper Calicut University MCQ )

(a) Long Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

(b) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

(c) Locally Amplified Stimulated Emission of Radiation

(d) Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radio

Option b – Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

Who are the inventors of the laws of gravity?

(a) Edison

(b) Newton

(c) Faraday

(d) None of the above

Option b – Newton

In which form heavy water is used in nuclear reactors? ( Previous Year Question Paper Calicut University MCQ )

(a) diluent

(b) coolant

(c) preservative

(d) controller

Option a – diluent

Kiss of Radar Carried Out is?

(a) To detect solar radiation

(b) To search and guide ships, aircraft, etc.

(c) To see planets

(d) To find out the intensity of earthquakes

Option b – To search and guide ships, aircraft, etc

Who invented ‘Radar’? ( Previous Year Question Paper Calicut University MCQ )

(a) Right Brothers

(b) Robert Watson

(c) Waterman

(d) Gillette

Option b – Robert Watson

Stones are treated without surgery

(a) by X-ray

(b) by Pleuroscopy

(c) by laser

(d) by ultrasound

Option c – by laser

In which case has the Green Revolution been most successful in India? ( Previous Year Question Paper Calicut University MCQ )

(a) Wheat and rice

(b) Jowar and oilseeds

(c) Wheat and Potatoes

(d) Tea and Coffee

Option a – Wheat and rice

The meaning of the Green Revolution is

(a) Agrarian Revolution

(b) Social forestry

(c) Plantation

(d) Increasing crop yield per acre using modern methods of agriculture

Option d – Increasing crop yield per acre using modern methods of agriculture

Scientists associated with the Green Revolution in India is ( Previous Year Question Paper Calicut University MCQ )

(a) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

(b) S.S. Bhatnagar

(c) J.C Bose

(d) V.R Rao

Option a – Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

Cash crop does not include

(a) wheat

(b) cotton

(c) Jute

(d) Wheat

Option d – Wheat

Which one of the following is a cash crop? ( Previous Year Question Paper Calicut University MCQ )

(a) Maize

(b) Wheat

(c) Tobacco

(d) Paddy

Option c – Tobacco

India’s largest rice-producing state is

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) West Bengal

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Punjab

Option b – West Bengal

Which of the following region is called the ‘rice bowl of India’? ( Previous Year Question Paper Calicut University MCQ )

(a) North-East Region

(b) Indo-galactic region

(c) Krishna-Godavari Delta

(d) South East Region

Option c – Krishna-Godavari Delta

India’s most food-producing state is

(a) Punjab

(b) Haryana

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Bihar

Option c – Uttar Pradesh

Which monsoon receives the highest rainfall in India?

(a) South-east monsoon

(b) Southwest monsoon

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(c) North-East Monsoon

(d) Northwest monsoon

Option b – Southwest monsoon

Which of the following states does not receive rain from the southwest monsoon

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Karnataka

(d) Punjab

Option b – Tamil Nadu

Nathpa Jhakri project is built on which river?

(a) Sutlej

(b) Ravi

(c) Chenab

(d) Diameter

Option a – Sutlej

Bhakra-Nangal is a joint project of Haryana-Punjab Rajasthan.

(a) Haryana-Punjab-Delhi

(b) Himachal Pradesh-Rajasthan

(c) Himachal Pradesh-Haryana-Punjab

(d) Punjab-Delhi-Rajasthan

Option a – Haryana-Punjab-Delhi

Sardar Sarovar Project is located in which state?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Gujarat

Option d – Gujarat

Kakrapar project is related to which river?

(a) Tapti

(b) Narmada

(c) Tungabhadra

(d) Krishna

Option a – Tapti

The Indian monsoon was first described by which Arab scholar?

(a) Alberuni

(b) Alumni

(c) Al Ahmadi

(d) Ibn Khurdad Beh

Option b – Alumni

Which of the following regions receives rainfall throughout the year?

(a) tundra

(b) Monsoon

(c) Mediterranean

(d) Equator

Option d – Equator

Which of the following areas receives rainfall during the winter season?

(a) tundra

(b) Monsoon

(c) Mediterranean

(d) Equator

Option c – Mediterranean

Which type of rain is accompanied by lightning and thunder or clouds?

(a) Mountain rain

(b) cyclonic rainfall

(c) Sustainable rainfall

(d) None of these

Option c – Sustainable rainfall

The rainiest place in the world is

(a) Ri Union Island

(b) Amazon Valley

(c) Masinram

(d) Cherrapunji

Option c – Masinram

Which is the driest place in the world?

(a) Patagonia

(b) Sahara

(c) Atacama

(d) Thar

Option c – Atacama

Most of the world’s rainfall occurs in which of the following forms?

(a) Sustainable rainfall

(b) Mountain rain

(c) cyclonic rainfall

(d) Monsoon rain

Option b – Mountain rain

Pratishthana, an important trading center was on the river:

(a) Cauvery

(b) Krishna

(c) Godavari

(d) Narmada

Option c – Godavari

Whose coins were restruck by Gautamiputra Satakarni in commemoration of his victory?

(a) Rudradaman I

(b) Ushavadata

(c) Nahapana

(d) Moga

Option c – Nahapana

Who among the following is the earliest known Greek follower of Jose Bhagavatism?

(a) Demetrius

(b) Antialkides

(c) Heliodorus

(d) Menander

Option c – Heliodorus

Which one of the following is mentioned in the Besnagar Pillar inscription as Bhagavata?

(a) Dionysius

(b) Heliodoros

(c) Antialkidas

(d) Kasiputra Bhagabhadra

Option b – Heliodorus

The earliest inscriptions recording the royal land grants belong to which dynasty?

(a) Mauryas

(b) Satavahanas

(c) Shungas

(d) Pallavas

Option b – Satavahanas

Coins of which of the following foreign rulers depict the image of goddess Lakshmi?

(a) Indo-Greeks

(b) Parthians

(c) Sakas

(d) Kushanas

Option c – Sakas

Who of the following was the ruler of the Kushan dynasty?

(a) Pushyamitra

(b) Ugrasena

(c) Vikramaditya

(d) Kadphises-I

Option d – Kadphises-I

One of the major towns of the Godavari region in the Satavahana kingdom was:

(a) Pratishthana

(b) Arikamedu

(c) Kokkhai

(d) Maski

Option a – Pratishthana

The export trade in the pre-Gupta age was most extensive with:

(a) South East Asia

(b) China

(c) Central Asia

(d) Roman Empire

Option d – Roman Empire

Which one of the following Rajput Dynasties did not claim their mythical origin from ‘Agnikula’?

(a) Parihara

(b) Chauhana

(c) Chandel

(d) Solanki

Option c – Chandel

Greeco-Roman influence in Indian art is found at:

(a) Gandhara

(b) Bodh Gaya

(c) Bharhut

(d) Sanchi

Option a – Gandhara

The Hijra era is counted from:

(a) 622 A.D.

(b) 632 A.D

(c) 712 A.D.

(d) 1526 A.D.

Option a – 622 A.D.

The first major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of:

(a) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

(b) Kanishka I

(c) Rudradaman

(d) Samudragupta

Option c – Rudradaman

By tradition, the famous lexicographer Amarasimha was a contemporary of who of the following?

(a) Asvaghosa

(b) Panini

(c) Patanjali

(d) Kalidasa

Option d – Kalidasa

Indians in ancient times learned a lot from the Greeks in the field of:

(a) music

(b) coinage

(c) sculpture

(d) painting

Option c – sculpture

The Rajatarangini by Kalhana is a Sanskrit verse written in:

(a) 6th century B.C.

(b) 9th century A.D.

(c) 6th century A.D.

(d) 12th century A.D.

Option d – 12th century A.D.

Which of the following gives detailed instructions on the control of the state, the organization of the national economy, and the conduct of war?

(a) Arthashastra

(b) Rajatarangini

(c) Atharvaveda

(d) Mahabharta

Option a – Arthashastra

Which dynasty’s founder was an elected king?

(a) Gahadavala

(b) Chandella

(c) Pala

(d) Chahamana

Option c – Pala

The best source of Vitamin C is

(a) Save

(b) Mango

(c) Amla

(d) Milk

Option c – Amla

Due to deficiency of which of the following vitamins, blood comes from the gums and the teeth begin to move?

(a) Vitamin A

(b) Vitamin B

(c) Vitamin C

(d) Vitamin D

Option c – Vitamin C

The chemical name of Vitamin C is

(a) Citric acid

(b) Ascorbic acid

(c) Oxalic acid

(d) Nitric acid

Option b – Ascorbic acid

Which of the following vitamins is obtained in the human body by the morning sun?

(a) Vitamin A

(b) Vitamin B

(c) Vitamin C

(d) Vitamin D

Option d – Vitamin D

Whose liver oil is abundant in fish?

(a) Vitamin A

(b) Vitamin B

(c) Vitamin C

(d) Vitamin D

Option d – Vitamin D

Which of the following is the best source of iodine?

(a) Algae

(b) Beans

(c) Radish

(d) Wheat

Option a – Algae

Spinach leaves have the highest quantity of

(a) Vitamin

(b) Iron

(c) Carbohydrate

(d) Fat

Option b – Iron

Where is the most iron found?

(a) Banana

(b) Apple

(c) Milk

(d) Green leafy vegetables

Option d – Green leafy vegetables

Who propounded the word ‘vitamin’?

(a) Mandal

(b) Pasteur

(c) Funk

Option c – Funk

Vitamin A is stored in the human body in the

(a) Liver

(b) Gastric

(c) Spleen

(d) Abdomen

Option a – Liver

Night blindness is caused due to deficiency of which vitamin?

(a) Vitamin A

(b) Vitamin C

(c) Vitamin B

(d) Vitamin D

Option a – Vitamin A

Which of the Vedas was divided into ‘White’ and ‘Black’ parts?

(a) Rig

(b) Sama

(c) Yajur

(d) Atharva

Option c – Yajur

Iron came to be used by the Vedic people in around:

(a) 1000 B.C.

(b) 2000 B.C.

(c) 800 B.C.

(d) 400 B.C.

Option a – 1000 B.C.

The religion of early Vedic Aryans was primarily one of:

(a) worship of nature and bhakti

(b) bhakti

(c) image worship and yajnas

(d) yajnas and worship of nature

Option d – yajnas and worship of nature

In the Vedic society, the term used to denote a group of families was:

(a) gotra

(b) jana

(c) vish

(d) grama

Option c – vish

Which of the following Vedas throws light on the beliefs and practices of the non-Aryans?

(a) Rigveda

(b) Samaveda

(c) Yajurveda

(d) Atharvaveda

Option d – Atharvaveda

The code of conduct of the Vedic society was laid out in which of the following texts?

(a) Vedas

(b) Puranas

(c) Upanishads

(d) Smritis

Option d – Smritis

The family of the Rigvedic Aryans was:

(a) patrilineal

(b) patriarchal

(c) matriarchal

(d) matrilineal

Option b – patriarchal

The term nishka, which meant an ornament in the Vedic period, was used in later times to denote a/an:

(a) coin

(b) weapon

(c) script

(d) agricultural implement

Option a – coin

When did the concept of pollution emerge clearly?

(a) In the Rigvedic period

(b) In the Post-Vedic period

(c) In the Post-Gupta age

(d) In the age of Dharma shastras

Option b – In the Post-Vedic period

Upanishads are books on:

(a) Religion

(b) Yoga

(c) Law

(d) Philosophy

Option d – Philosophy

Which of the following developments cannot be ascribed to the Later Vedic period?

(a) Emergence of the territorial character of kingship

(b) Transition from pastoral to agricultural economy

(c) Establishment of caste system with all its norms

(d) The tribal society was primarily divided into three groups – warriors, priests, and commoners.

Option d – The tribal society was primarily divided into three groups – warriors, priests, and commoners

In the Vedic period, goghna referred to:

(a) one who gifts cattle

(b) one who slaughters cattle

(c) a guest

(d) the bridegroom

Option c – a guest

In the context of the Early Vedic Age, which of the following statements is correct?

(a) The purohita or the priest had no special place in the society.

(b) The ‘Sabha’ and ‘Samiti’ had no power in the selection of the Raja.

(c) Religion was not based on magico-ritual formulae.

(d) Gods were worshipped for the spiritual upliftment of the people.

Option c – Religion was not based on magico-ritual formulae

The first human statues worshipped in India were those of:

(a) Brahma

(b) Vishnu

(c) Buddha

(d) Shiva

Option c – Buddha

In the context of the later Vedic period, what may not be true?

(a) Mixed farming, which included cultivation and herding, was the main subsistence activity.

(b) The importance of both Sabha and Samiti remained the same.

(c) Public and private sacrifices became very important.

(d) The important Later Vedic and Early Vedic Gods were different.

Option b – The importance of both Sabha and Samiti remained the same

The central concern of Purva Mimansa is:

(a) A study of pramanas

(b) Understanding the nature of the Self

(c) To understand dharma

(d) To prove the existence of god.

Option a – A study of pramanas

The Rig Veda reference to the panchajanah, the ‘Five peoples’, is to:

(a) Yadu, Turvasha, Anu, Druhyu, Puru, Bharatas

(b) Anu, Druhyu, Gotamas, Puru, Bharatas

(c) Yadu, Turvasa, Gotama, Kurus, and Purus

(d) Puru, Bharatas, Kurus, Gotama, and the Anus

Option a – Yadu, Turvasha, Anu, Druhyu, Puru, Bharatas

In the context of the Later Vedic period, point out the wrong statement:

(a) Tribe was the only basis for organizing the society

(b) Land became more important, and tribe ownership of land gradually changed to family ownership

(c) People married outside their gotra

(d) Sabha became more important than samiti

Option a – Tribe was the only basis for organizing the society

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