CUET Questions — History

Q38. Which Jataka story describes the plight of the subjects of a wicked king: these included elderly women and men, cultivators, herders, village boys, and even animals?

Q21. Identify the most famous court-historian during Akbar's reign:

Q1. Arrange the following political and economic developments in a chronological order: (A) Shaka (peoples from Central Asia) rulers in the northwest (B) Indo-Greek rule in the northwest (C) Vakatakas

Q31. Arrange the major religious developments in a chronological order: (A) Earliest temples (B) Early Upanishads (C) First stupas (D) Vedic traditions Choose the correct answer from the options given

Q32. Who fought the Battle of Tarain and won twice against Mohammad Ghori?

Q24. Identify the incorrect statements regarding the travellers in Medieval India: (A) Jean-Baptiste Tavernier travelled to India atleast seven times. (B) Manucci, the french doctor, never returned to

Q6. Match List-I with List-II: List-I Regions (A) Kanpur (B) Jhansi (C) Bihar (D) Uttar Pradesh List-II Leaders (I) Kunwar Singh (II) Shah Mal (III) Nana Sahib (IV) Rani Lakshmi Bai Choose the corr

Q49. In Sufism, the *shaikh* was revered as *wali*. What does the term *'wali'* mean?

Q20. Identify the correct statements regarding Al-Biruni: (A) Al-Biruni was well versed in several languages: Persian, Hebrew, Sanskrit etc. (B) Al-Biruni was born in Syria. (C) Al-Biruni was familiar

Q48. Identify the timeline of the 'First World War':

Q32. Identify the regions where archaeologists have found the terracotta models of the 'plough' and evidence of ploughed field?

Q29. Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance in Awadh (1801)?

Q13. Why were agricultural tracts incorporated within the fortified area of the Vijayanagara Empire?

Q7. By the 10th century, the compositions of the 12 Alvars were compiled in an anthology known as:

Match List-I with List-II List-I Travelers to India (A) Duarte Barbosa (B) Seydi Ali Reis (C) Marco Polo (D) Ibn Batuta List-II The country they belonged to (I) Turkey (II) Italy (III) Morocco (IV) Po

Q47. The main institutional feature of the 'Rowlatt Act' introduced by the British was:

Q19. Identify the name of the Governor-General who described the kingdom of Awadh as “a cherry that will drop into our mouth one day":

Q48. Why was the speaker not satisfied with the text of the resolution? Because: 1. It protects the rights of the caste minorities only 2. It is limited to urban areas only 3. It provides insufficient

Q42. The central idea of the passage is: 1. Doctors and Lawyers have contributed a lot for the National Movement. 2. Indian nationalism was an elite phenomenon. 3. Saving the jewellery and resources o

Q8. The archaeological findings of which grain are relatively rare at Harappan sites? 1. Rice 2. Wheat 3. Barley 4. Lentil