CUET (UG) entrance exam Question Bank Solutions

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Bulk of the provisions of the ·constitution of India were adopted from the Government of India Act of 1935.

Reason (R): The congress party passed a resolution adopting the government of India Act of 1935 as the basis of the constitution.

The Zamindars held large area of personal lands known as ______.

Who among the following travellers mentioned "a strange nation" when he saw the populated port of Calicut (present-day Kozhikode)?

In which year Akbar abolished the tax on Pilgrimage?

During the reign of which of the following rulers was Jizya reimposed on non-Muslim subjects?

Which is known as the first war of Indian Independence?

Which of the following issues did not contributed in spread of revolt?

British started annexing the Indian states on the pretext of

1. misgovernance
2. anarchy
3. refusal to recognise adoption
4. treachery

Which of the following option(s) is/are correct?

Find out from the following pairs which one is correctly matched.

The system where Bengal Zamindars remunerated the artisans with a small daily allowance was called ______.

Mahatma Gandhi was shot in ______.

Land granted to a Brahmana was called ______.

Who among the following appointed Ibn-Battuta as the qazi in his court?

The Northern end of Vijaynagara was located on the banks of which river?

The Arab general Muhammad Qasim conquered Sindh in ______.

Consider the following statement regarding buildings of European architectural style.

1. They were built in European style to create familiar landscape for British.
2. European style shows the difference between Colonial masters and their Indian subjects.
3. Indians too adopted European architectural style.
4. British consciously did not adopt any Indian architectural styles.
   Which of the above statement is/are correct?

Ventures of which of the following traders were risky but highly profitable?

Who issued the first coins bearing the names of rulers?

The original story of Mahabharata was composed by ______.

What is the literal meaning of the term ‘silsila’?