HSST – HISTORY – JUNIOR – SR FOR SC/ST – KHSE

FINAL ANSWER KEY
Question Paper Code: 65/2016/OL
Category Code: 575/2014
Exam: HSST HISTORY SC/ST JR SR
Medium of Question: English
Date of Test 08-08-2016
Alphacode A
Question1:-The Autobiography of Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer is
A:-Prabhuddha Bharata
B:-Karma Yogi
C:-Wandering in Many Worlds
D:-Common Weal
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question2:-The first Travelogue in Malayalam language named Varthamana Pusthakam was written by
A:-Paremakkil Thoma Kattanar
B:-Varghese Vaidhyan Kattanar
C:-Kanai Thomman
D:-Marthoma Kattanar
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question3:-To which field is ‘KIRAN’ related ?
A:-Energy sector
B:-Female scientist
C:-Film industry
D:-Environment
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question4:-In which year the Travancore government issued orders permitting the Channar women to wear jacket and
pinafore made of raw cotton ?
A:-1857
B:-1858
C:-1856
D:-1859
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question5:-Jaikumar Garg has been appointed as MD and CEO of which Central Government owned
bank ?
A:-Corporation Bank
B:-SBT
C:-SBI
D:-Corporate Bank
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question6:-The social reform leader from Tamil Nadu who arrived at Vaikom during the Satyagraha ?
A:-V. V. Giri
B:-karuna Nidhi
C:-E. V. Ramerwari Naikar
D:-Mooppanar
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question7:-Which of the following is the lowest point of Africa ?
A:-Lake Tangunjika
B:-Lake Chad
C:-Lake Malawi
D:-Lake Assal
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question8:-The research work in the field of linguistic written by Chattampi Swamikal ?
A:-Vedanta
B:-Adi Bhasham
C:-Advanitam
D:-Bhasham
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question9:-The famous drama written by K. Damodaran was
A:-Red Volunteer
B:-Inquilab Zindabad
C:-Manjari
D:-Pattabakki
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question10:-Write the abbreviated form of ICHR ?
A:-Indian Centre for Historical Research
B:-International Council for Historical Research
C:-Indian Council for Historical Research
D:-International Centre for Historical Research
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question11:-The type of research that makes use of systematic procedures to discover non-quantifiable relationships
between existing variables is
A:-Historical Research
B:-Qualitative Descriptive Research
C:-Experimental Research
D:-Action Research
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question12:-An expert teacher is one who
A:-Knows the content of the subject they teach
B:-Knows to relate the content to the world outside
C:-Knows to keep students involved in learning
D:-All of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question13:-The pretest-posttest equivalent groups design is a type of
A:-Pre-experimental design
B:-True-experimental design
C:-Quasi-experimental design
D:-Factorial design
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question14:-Subdividing the population in to smaller homogenous groups to get more accurate representation is
A:-Systematic sampling
B:-Area sampling
C:-Stratified random sampling
D:-Cluster sampling
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question15:-Teaching efficacy means a teacher’s belief
A:-in her teaching abilities and skills
B:-that she can reach even difficult students to help them learn
C:-in her subject competency
D:-that she is a successful reflective practitioner
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question16:-An evaluation tool that communicates the achievements of individual students over time
A:-Portfolios
B:-Achievement Test
C:-Graphic Organiser
D:-Rubric
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question17:-The characteristic that distinguishes descriptive research from assessment and evaluation is
A:-Hypothesis formulation
B:-Hypothesis formulation and testing
C:-Analysis of the relationships between non-manipulated variables
D:-Development of generalisation
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question18:-The area where the child cannot solve a problem alone, but can be successful under adult guidance
A:-Zone of potential development
B:-Zone of actual development
C:-Zone of proximal development
D:-Zone of cultural development
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question19:-A well written introduction of a research report must have
A:-a clear statement of the problem
B:-a review of previous literature on the topic
C:-a formal statement of each hypothesis
D:-all of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question20:-The composite of ideas, feelings and attitudes people have about themselves is termed
A:-Self-concept
B:-Self-esteem
C:-Autonomy
D:-Initiative
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question21:-With respect to the Constitution of India, consider the following :
1) Fundamental Rights
2) Fundamental Duties
3) Directive Principles of State Policy.
Which of the above is/are fulfilled by the National Social Assistance Programme launched by the Government of India ?
A:-Only 1)
B:-Only 2)
C:-1) and 3)
D:-2) and 3)
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question22:-What does the `104^(th)` Constitutional Amendment Bill related to ?
A:-Abolition of legislative councils in certain states
B:-Providing quota to socially and economically backward classes in private educational institutions
C:-Introduction of dual citizenship for persons of Indian origin abroad
D:-Attoting quota for religious minorities in central government service
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question23:-Who was the Chief Justice of India when public interest litigation was introduced to the Indian Judicial System ?
A:-M. Hidayathullah
B:-A. M. Ahmedi
C:-A. S. Anand
D:-P. N. Bhagavati
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question24:-Read the following statements :
1) The Governor of Punjab is concurrently the administrator of Chandigarh.
2) The Governor of Kerala is concurrently the administrator of Lakshadweep.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct ?
A:-Only 1)
B:-Only 2)
C:-Both 1) and 2)
D:-Neither 1) nor 2)
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question25:-Consider the following statements :
1) Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) was set up during the Prime Ministership of
Lal Bahadur Shastri.
2) The members of CAT are drawn from both judicial and administrative streams.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are true ?
A:-Only 1)
B:-Only 2)
C:-Both 1) and 2)
D:-Neither 1) nor 2)
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question26:-In India the first law for transplantation of Human organs was passed in the year
A:-2011
B:-2009
C:-1998
D:-1994
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question27:-As per the Mihir Shah Committee Report, the average annual days of work per person generated under
MGNREGA since inception has never exceeded.
A:-46 days
B:-52 days
C:-57 days
D:-66 days
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question28:-Which are the special target groups in Antyodaya Anna Yojana ?
A:-Poorest of the poor
B:-Poor and non-poor
C:-Backward classes
D:-None of these
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question29:-Which was the first country in the world to have enacted a legislation for providing for citizens ‘RTI’ ?
A:-Switzerland
B:-France
C:-Sweden
D:-USA
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question30:-The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 was enacted in consonance with which of the following provisions of the
Constitution of India ?
A:-Right to healthy environment, construed as a part of Right to Life under Article 21
B:-Provision of grants for raising the level of administration in scheduled areas for the welfare of STs under Article
275(1)
C:-Powers and functions of Grama Sabha as mentioned under Article 243(A)
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question31:-‘All history is contemporary history’. Who defined history thus ?
A:-Collingwood
B:-Karl Marx
C:-Beneditto Croce
D:-Peter Burke
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question32:-Toponomy is the study of
A:-Inscriptions
B:-place names
C:-Seals
D:-Fossils
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question33:-The scientific study of seals is called
A:-Epigraphy
B:-Archaeology
C:-Diplomatic
D:-Sigillography
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question34:-Which among the following is meant for proving the authenticity of the document ?
A:-External criticism
B:-Internal criticism
C:-Synthetic operation
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question35:-Stratigraphy is associated with
A:-Archaeology
B:-Epigraphy
C:-Paleography
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question36:-‘Long Duree’ is the concept popularised by
A:-Ladurie
B:-Philip Aries
C:-Fernand Braudel
D:-Roger Chartier
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question37:-Who among the following is not a Marxist historian ?
A:-George Rude
B:-Perry Anderson
C:-E. P. Thompson
D:-Edward Gibbon
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question38:-Which of the following books deals with the history of Menochio, a village miller of `15^(th)` century Italy ?
A:-Cheese and worms
B:-Montaillou
C:-The Great Cat Massacre
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question39:-Which of the following historians is not associated with the Feudalism Debate in Indian Historiography ?
A:-D. D. Kosambi
B:-Partha Chatterjee
C:-Herbans Mukhia
D:-R. S. Sharma
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question40:-Which of the following is not a work of Sumith Sarkar ?
A:-Modern India
B:-The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal
C:-Writing Social History
D:-A possible India
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question41:-Altamira, the historical site from where cave paintings prehistoric period have been discovered is located in
A:-France
B:-England
C:-Germany
D:-Spain
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question42:-The term ‘Urban Revolution’ was used by Gordon childe in his book
A:-What Happened in History
B:-New Light on the most Ancient Near East
C:-Man Makes Himself
D:-The Bronze Age
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question43:-Who among the following deciphered the Cuneiform script ?
A:-Champollion
B:-Rawlinson
C:-James Prinsep
D:-Arthur Evans
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question44:-‘The Great Transformation’ is written by
A:-Karl Polyani
B:-Marshall Sahlin
C:-Perry Anderson
D:-Elman R. Service
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question45:-Who were the ‘Samurais’ ?
A:-Warlords of Japan
B:-Members of Warrior class
C:-Buddhist Monks
D:-Landlords of Japan
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question46:-What is Niagara movement ?
A:-A movement for Women’s emancipation
B:-A movement for white slave emancipation
C:-A movement for Negro emancipation
D:-A movement for Red Indian Women’s freedom
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question47:-Hitler’s invasion of Soviet union was given the code name
A:-Operation Thunder
B:-Operation Sky Lion
C:-Operation Sea Lion
D:-Operation Barbarossa
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question48:-The Book through which Copernicus propounded the notion that sun is at the centre of the universe
A:-‘The Revolution of Heavenly Bodies’
B:-‘Novum Organum’
C:-‘Principia Mathematica’
D:-‘The Discourse on Method’
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question49:-‘Kitab-al-Ibar’ (Universal History) is the work of
A:-Ibn Khaldun
B:-Ibn Batuta
C:-Al-Masudi
D:-Albiruni
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question50:-Which of the following automobile company is associated with Adolf Hitler ?
A:-Ford
B:-Volks wagen
C:-Nissan
D:-Honda
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question51:-Which of the following is not a site of Indus Valley Civilization ?
A:-Kot-diji
B:-Bimbetka
C:-Dholawira
D:-Lothal
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question52:-Arrange in Chronological sequence the following travellers’ visit to India.
1) Ibn Batuta
2) Huentsang
3) Fahien
4) Bernier
A:-3, 2, 1, 4
B:-1, 2, 3, 4
C:-2, 3, 4, 1
D:-4, 3, 2, 1
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question53:-‘Kalavu’ and ‘Karpu’ are terms associated with
A:-Barter System
B:-Social Division
C:-Marriage System
D:-None of the above
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question54:-Which of the following is not included in Ettutokai works ?
A:-Patittupathu
B:-Akananuru
C:-Nattinai
D:-Thirukkural
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question55:-Which is the earliest Neolithic site in India ?
A:-Lothal
B:-Sind
C:-Nalgonda
D:-Mehergarh
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question56:-Sargon inscription of Sumeria refers to Indus Valley as
A:-Hind
B:-Makan
C:-Meluha
D:-Akkad
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question57:-The term used in Vedas to denote cattle lifting
A:-Gopathi
B:-Gavishti
C:-Godhuli
D:-Gomatha
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question58:-‘Majma-al-Bahrain’, the Persian work, deals with the essential unity between Islam and Hinduism. Who among
the following is the author of the work ?
A:-Dara Shukov
B:-Nizamudhin Auliya
C:-Ziaudhin Barani
D:-Gulbadan Begum
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question59:-Who put-forth the hypothesis of urban revolution in North India during the Sultanate period ?
A:-K. M. Ashraf
B:-Moreland
C:-Mohamed Habib
D:-K. S. Lal
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question60:-Which of the following work of Krishna Devaraya was written in Telugu language ?
A:-Ratnamalika
B:-Raghuvamsha
C:-Mahanataka Sudhaniti
D:-Amuktamalyada
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question61:-‘Neel Darpan’, the drama that depicts the woes of Indigo peasants was written by
A:-Vasubandhu Mitra
B:-Surendranath Sen
C:-Bankim Chandra
D:-Debendranath Tagore
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question62:-Who was the first nationalist leader to call 1857 revolt as an organized war for national independence ?
A:-Subhas Chandra Bose
B:-V. D. Savarkar
C:-Lala Lajpath Rai
D:-Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question63:-‘The congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambition while in India is to assist it to a peaceful
demise’. Who made this observation ?
A:-Lord Dalhousie
B:-Petwick Lawrence
C:-Lord Curzon
D:-Lord Canning
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question64:-‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, the national song of Bangladesh was composed by
A:-Soumendranath Tagore
B:-Surendranath Banerjee
C:-Arabindo Gosh
D:-Rabindranath Tagore
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question65:-Who among the following was associated with the nationalist newspaper ‘Al-Hilal’ ?
A:-Hazrath Mohani
B:-Abul Kalam Azad
C:-Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
D:-Moulana Muhammadali
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question66:-Who among the following was not included in the INA prisoners tried at Red Fort in Delhi ?
A:-Rashbihari Bose
B:-Sha Nawaz Khan
C:-Prem Seghal
D:-Gurdayal Sing Dhillon
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question67:-Which of the following is the autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru ?
A:-My Struggles
B:-An Autobiography of an unknown Indian
C:-An Autobiography
D:-My Experiments with Truth
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question68:-Of the following forts established by the Europeans in India, which one was located at
Madras ?
A:-Fort St. David
B:-Fort William
C:-Fort Louis
D:-Fort St. George
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question69:-Who among the following was a member of the state Re-organization commission appointed by Jawaharlal
Nehru ?
A:-Dr. Ambedkar
B:-V. P. Menon
C:-K. M. Panikkar
D:-K. M. Munshi
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question70:-Who attended all the three Round Table Conferences ?
A:-M. M. Malavya
B:-Vallabhabhai patel
C:-Mahatma Gandhi
D:-B. R. Ambedkar
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question71:-Which of the following is a work on Tamil Grammer ?
A:-Pathupattu
B:-Tolkapiyam
C:-Nattinai
D:-Cilappathikaram
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question72:-As per Mooshaka vamsha, the founder of Mooshaka dynasty is
A:-Srikantha
B:-Srivallaba
C:-Ramaghata
D:-Nannan
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question73:-Of the following Swaroopams, which one was located at Calicut ?
A:-Nediyiruppu Swarupam
B:-Kolam Swaroopam
C:-Tripapur Swaroopam
D:-Perumpadappu Swaroopam
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question74:-Which of the following is the Kannada counterpart of Keralolpathi in Malayalam ?
A:-Kerala Mahatmyam
B:-Gramapadathi
C:-Sankarasmriti
D:-Sankara Narayaniyam
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question75:-Who among the following first discovered the Edakkal cave engravings ?
A:-Babington
B:-Mortimer Wheeler
C:-Robert Bruce Foote
D:-F. Fawcett
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question76:-Who among the following is not involved in the debate about the nature of state during the Perumal period ?
A:-Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai
B:-Kesavan Veluthat
C:-K. M. Panikkar
D:-M. G. S. Narayanan
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question77:-Unnuneeli Sandesam refers to the Tamil ship that frequented the Kollam fort. Which of the following was this ?
A:-Chonadan
B:-Chongu
C:-Champrani
D:-Nanadesikal
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question78:-The Archaeologist associated with the excavation at Porkalam in 1947 is
A:-K. V. Raman
B:-B. K. Thapar
C:-Mortimer Wheeler
D:-Robert Bruce Foote
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question79:-The Sufi devotional work composed by Qazi Muhammed during the medieval period
A:-Rifai Mala
B:-Fathul Mubin
C:-Muhiyudhin Mala
D:-Tuhfath-ul-Mujahideen
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question80:-The Granthavari associated with Trikandiyur Temple in Tirur is
A:-Mathilakam Granthavari
B:-Kavalappara Granthavari
C:-Kozhikode Granthavari
D:-Vanjeri Granthavari
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question81:-‘Travancore State Manual’ was composed by
A:-William Logan
B:-Shangoony Menon
C:-Padmanabha Menon
D:-V. Nagam Aiya
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question82:-Under the state Re-organisation Act of 1956, four southern Taluks were merged with Madras state. Which of the
following was not one of these four Taluks ?
A:-Agastiswaram
B:-Kalkulam
C:-Neyyatinkara
D:-Tovala
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question83:-According to Mahatma Gandhi, ‘it is a Smriti which is the people’s charter of spiritual emancipation’. The
reference here is about
A:-Slavery Abolition Act
B:-Temple Entry Proclamation
C:-Abolition of Sati
D:-Kundara Proclamation
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question84:-Who among the following was associated with the nationalist daily ‘Al-Ameen’ ?
A:-Mohamed Abdurahiman
B:-Vakkom Moulavi
C:-Hamadani Tangal
D:-Makti Tangal
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question85:-Who among the following was the only Malayalee President of Indian National Congress ?
A:-K. P. Kesava Menon
B:-C. Sankaran Nair
C:-M. P. Narayana Menon
D:-K. Kelappan
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question86:-Kuberan Nambudiripad is the character of the novel
A:-Kundalatha
B:-Indulekha
C:-Saraswati Vijayam
D:-Ghataka Vadham
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question87:-Who was the Defence Minister of India when Goa was liberated and integrated with India ?
A:-V. P. Menon
B:-John Mathai
C:-Sardar Patel
D:-V. K. Krishna Menon
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question88:-After partition, a Malayali Muslim served as Pakisthan’s Ambassador to Egypt. The reference here is about
A:-Abdurahiman Ali Raja
B:-Abdul Sathar Sait
C:-Mohamed Abdurahiman
D:-K. M. Seethi Sahib
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question89:-The Malayali revolutionary who served as Foreign Minister of the provisional Govt. of free India set up at Kabul
in 1915.
A:-Vanchi Iyer
B:-Capt. Lakshmi
C:-Chempaka Raman Pillai
D:-Vakkom Kader
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question90:-‘Varthamana Pusthakam’, the first travel account Malayalam was written by
A:-Kariyattil Ouseph Kattanar
B:-Herman Gundert
C:-Arnose Pathiri
D:-Paremakkil Thoma Kattanar
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question91:-Which of the following deals with the oral history of partition ?
A:-The other side of silence
B:-Dominance without hegemony
C:-Freedom at midnight
D:-The other side of the Medal
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question92:-The celebrated work, ‘Centuries of Childhood’ argues that there was no childhood in Europe before `17^(th)`
century. Who composed this work ?
A:-George Duby
B:-Philip Aries
C:-Marc Bloch
D:-Lucien Febre
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question93:-Who propounded the theory that these exists a nexus between power and knowledge
A:-Louis Althusser
B:-Karl Marx
C:-Michael Foucault
D:-Marc Bloch
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question94:-Which of the following is not a work of E. J. Hobsbawm ?
A:-Age of Capital
B:-Age of Revolution
C:-Age of Extreme
D:-Age of Reason
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question95:-‘The Unquite Woods’, a leading book on environmental history of India was written by
A:-Madav Gadgil
B:-C. A. Bayly
C:-Ramachandra Guha
D:-Bipin Chandra
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question96:-The author of the recent work, ‘Modernity of Slavery : Struggle against caste inequality in colonial Keralam’.
A:-T.T. Sreekumar
B:-Sanal Mohan
C:-Michael Tharakan
D:-S. Raju
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question97:-Which of the following historical novels is not written by K. M. Panikkar ?
A:-Punarkottu Swarupam
B:-Parankipatayali
C:-Dharma Raja
D:-Kerala Simham
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question98:-Who is the British Marxist Historian who wrote about Malabar Rebellion ?
A:-Lawrence Lopez
B:-Robin Jeffery
C:-Stephen Dale
D:-Conrad Wood
Correct Answer:- Option-D
Question99:-Which among the following is not a work of Romila Thapar ?
A:-Interpreting Early India
B:-Indian Feudalism
C:-Past and Prejudice
D:-Asoka and the Decline of Mouryas
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question100:-‘Walking Naked : Women, society and spirituality in South India’ is written by
A:-Robert Sewell
B:-Kumkum Roy
C:-Vijaya Ramaswamy
D:-Tanika Sarkar
Correct Answer:- Option-C