List of top History Questions asked in CUET (UG)

In the eighteenth-century, which of the following was not the reason for the defaults on payments by the zamindars?
Who was appointed as the first Surveyor General of India in 1815?
Which of the following is not true about Ibn Battuta?
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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The terms "great and little traditions" were coined by:
Which of the following is not true about the Ain-i Akbari?

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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 rulers of Vijayanagara empire called themselves ______
Why were agricultural tracts incorporated within the fortified area of the Vijayanagara Empire?
Traces of canals have been found at the Harappan site of _____
Who was approached for leadership by the sepoys of Meerut who broke out in mutiny against the British in 1857?
Which of the following is not true about the Lingayats?
In Vijayanagara, water from which one of the following structures was conducted through the channel to the "royal centre"?
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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In the seventeenth-century agrarian society, women of Rajasthan could send petitions to _______ seeking justice.

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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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List-I (Incident/ Characteristics)List-II (Traveller)
(A) He arrived in Ghazni as a hostage, but gradually developed a liking for this city(I) Al-Biruni
(B) He reached Sind in 1333 and was later appointed as the qazi of Delhi(II) François Bernier
(C) Physician to Prince Dara Shukoh(III) Ibn Battuta
(D) Wrote a detailed account of trade and society in South India(IV) Duarte Barbosa


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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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If you are reading the traveller's accounts, which of the following would be of Al-Biruni:
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)?
Saguna bhakti traditions do not include:
Who persuaded Buddha to allow women into the sangha?
Which ruler of the Satavahana dynasty claimed to be a unique Brahmana (eka bamhana)?
Which of the following rulers adopted the title devaputra, or "son of god"?
Arrange the major developments in Harappan Archaeology in a chronological order:
(A) Report of Alexander Cunningham on Harappan seal.
(B) S.R. Rao begins excavations at Lothal.
(C) Daya Ram Sahni begins excavations at Harappa.
(D) Vasant Shinde begins archaeogenetic research at Rakhigarhi.
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