Karnatak University 2008 Social Science - Question Paper

PART – A
Four options are provided for every of the subsequent ques. / incomplete statements.
Only 1 of them is accurate or most improper. select the most improper option
and write it in the space given beneath every ques.. 60 × one = 60
1. The 1st printing machine was brought to Goa by
(A) English (B) Portuguese
(C) French (D) Dutch.
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2. In the year 1758, the English and the French fought war in India, because of
(A) Austrian succession war (B) political instability in India
(C) enhancement of political power (D) 7 years war in Europe.
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3. The Wodeyar who presumed the title “Navakoti Narayana” was
(A) Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar (B) Raja Wodeyar
(C) Doddadevaraja Wodeyar (D) Kantirava Narasaraja Wodeyar.
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4. ‘Dual Government’ was introduced by
(A) Sir Eyre Coote (B) Robert Clive
(C) Lord Wellesley (D) Lord Dalhousie.
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5. The place conquered by Portuguese from the Sultan of Bijapur was
(A) Calicut (B) Calcutta
(C) Madras (D) Goa.
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6. “Chikkadevaraja Binnapam” was written in praise of
(A) Chennakeshava Deva (B) Melukote Cheluvanarayana
(C) Paravasudeva (D) Venkataramana Deva.
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7. The policy implemented by Lord Wellesley to expand British empire and control the
native States was
(A) the Doctrine of Lapse (B) the Ryotwari system
(C) the Subsidiary Alliance (D) the Zamindari system.
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8. Bajirao II accepted the Subsidiary Alliance with the English by the treaty of
(A) Bassein (B) Salbai
(C) Purandar (D) Amritsar.
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9. Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV is called as “the maker of modern Mysore State” because
(A) Mysore achieved great progress
(B) Maharaja could suppress the revolts
(C) he became the ruler of Mysore at an early age
(D) the Bangalore-Mysore railway was inaugurated.
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10. The dethroned Mughal emperor at the time of the 1st war of Indian independence
was
(A) Bahadur Shah II (B) Shah Alam
(C) Nana Shah (D) Bahadur Shah.
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11. The traitor who helped the English to arrest Tantya Tope was
(A) Bahadur Shah (B) Mansingh
(C) Nana Saheb (D) Nawab Wazir Ali.
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12. As a outcome of the Sepoy Mutiny
(A) the English granted responsibility to the Indians

Earning:   Approval pending.