List of top Questions asked in CUET (UG)

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Leaders)List-II (Regions)
(A) Shah Mal(I) Pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh
(B) Gonoo(II) Singhbhum in Chotanagpur
(C) Birjis Qadr(III) Awadh
(D) Kunwar Singh(IV) Arrah in Bihar


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The total time span of the Harappan Civilisation ranges:
Who deciphered 'Brahmi' and 'Kharosthi' scripts in 1838?
Identify the correct statements about the 'Inscriptions':
(A) Routine agricultural practices and events of daily life are the subject-matter of inscriptions.
(B) Record the achievements, activities or ideas of those who commissioned them.
(C) Writings are engraved on hard surfaces such as stone, metal or pottery.
(D) The earliest inscriptions were in Prakrit.
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In the seventeenth-century agrarian society, women of Rajasthan could send petitions to _______ seeking justice.
Arrange the following events in a chronological order:
(A) Santhals begin to come and settle in the Rajmahal hills
(B) Permanent Settlement in Bengal
(C) Cotton boom begins
(D) Santhal rebellion
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Arrange the following events of 1857 chronologically:
(A) Mutiny turned into a general revolt of the people
(B) Mutiny started in Meerut
(C) Delhi garrisons revolt
(D) British forces under Havelock and Outram entered the Residency in Lucknow
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Who was approached for leadership by the sepoys of Meerut who broke out in mutiny against the British in 1857?
Which movement was withdrawn by Gandhiji after a group of peasants attacked and torched a police station in the hamlet of Chauri Chaura (United Provinces)?
Arrange the following events in a chronological order:
(A) Ryots in Deccan villages rebel
(B) Slow process of agrarian expansion in the Bombay Deccan
(C) First revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan
(D) Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament
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If you are reading the traveller's accounts, which of the following would be of Al-Biruni:
Which of the following is not true about the Lingayats?

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Meaning/ Characteristics)List-II (Sufi Terms)
(A) Sufi lineages(I) Ziyarat
(B) Established rules for spiritual conduct and interaction between inmates/laypersons and the master(II) Langar
(C) The practice of pilgrimage to the grave of the Shaikh(III) Silsila
(D) Open kitchen which runs on futuh (unasked-for charity)(IV) Murshid


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Why were agricultural tracts incorporated within the fortified area of the Vijayanagara Empire?
In Vijayanagara, water from which one of the following structures was conducted through the channel to the "royal centre"?
Which of the following is not true about the Ain-i Akbari?

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List-I (Revenue-Collection)List-II (Terms)
(A) The crops are reaped and stacked and divided by agreement in the presence of the parties(I) bhaoli
(B) After the crops are cut and estimated in three lots; the good, the middling, and the inferior(II) lang-batai
(C) After cutting the grain, heaps are divided among themselves(III) kankut
(D) When the fields are divided after they are sown(IV) khet-batai


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Which of the following rulers adopted the title devaputra, or "son of god"?
The Gandatindu Jataka describes:
(A) Cordial relationship between a king and his subjects.
(B) The plight of the subjects of a wicked king.
(C) The strained relationship, especially with the rural population.
(D) That, kings frequently fill their coffers by demanding high and oppressive taxes.
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Match List-I with List-II:

List-I (Meanings)List-II (Terms)
(A) When descent is traced through the mother(I) Adi-Parvan
(B) Barbarians or outsiders of the Brahmanical order(II) Endogamy
(C) The first section of Mahabharata(III) Matriliny
(D) Marriage within a kin group, caste, or a group living in the same locality(IV) Mlechchhas


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In play the Mrichchhakatika, the hero Charudatta was described as both a Brahmana and a _____
Which ruler of the Satavahana dynasty claimed to be a unique Brahmana (eka bamhana)?
The Buddha regarded the 'social world' as the creation of:
Who persuaded Buddha to allow women into the sangha?
Aizawl is the capital of