Kerala PSC Previous Years Question Paper & Answer
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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'LECTURER IN HISTORY KERALA COLLEGIATE EDUCATION' And exam conducted in the year 2014. And Question paper code was '052/2014'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was 'A'. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.
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Mesopotamian civilization is one of the oldest civilizations of the world. What does the term
Mesopotamia’ mean :
(A) The mound of the dead
(B) The land between two rivers
)© Ancient civilization
(D} None of the above
Name the treaty by which the island of Hong Kong was ceded to the British :
(മ) Treaty of Nanking (B) Treaty of Versailles
(C) Treaty of Teintsin (17) Treaty of Paking
What is meant by shrenibala?
(ക caravan leader
(B) trading guild
)© general term for trader
(D) fighting force maintained by guilds
Prayagaprasasti is an inscription engraved on the Ashokan Pillar at Allahabad. It deals
with :
(ಯ) Mauryan period (18) Gupta period
(C) Period of Kanishka (D) Period of Harsha
The Sanskrit work Malatimadhava was written by <
(ക Bhavabhuti (18) Bana
(ಲ) Vyas (D) Vakapat
The earliest farming village in the Indian subcontinent :
(வ Mehrgarh (B) Kalibangan
(C) Sarai Khala (D) Dheri
Sangam literature work Tolkappium deals with :
(வ Logic (B) Grammar
(C) Drama (2) Philosophy
First Buddhist Council was held at :
(ல Ujjain (8) Kosala
(ര Rajagriha ॥ (D) Magadha
The excavation at Mohenjodaro was conducted by :
(ക) Mortimer Wheeler & M.S Vate
(ए) B.K. Thapar & Alexander Cunningham
(0 Charles Mason & Dayaram Sahni
(D) R.D. Banerjee & Sir John Marshall
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