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Previous Year Question Paper Calicut University for Students
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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
(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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