CUET 2026 History May 21 Shift 1 Question Paper- Download Answer Key and Solution PDF

Match the following (Land Categories in Mughal India):

• (A) A--II, B--I, C--III
• (B) A--III, B--II, C--I
• (C) A--I, B--III, C--II
• (D) A--II, B--III, C--I

Who was the Viceroy of India during the Salt March (1930)?

• (A) Lord Irwin
• (B) Lord Curzon
• (C) Lord Chelmsford
• (D) Lord Wavell

Arrange the following events in chronological order:


1. Non-Cooperation Movement
2. Quit India Movement
3. Third Battle of Panipat
4. Arab conquest of Sindh

• (A) 4 \(\rightarrow\) 3 \(\rightarrow\) 1 \(\rightarrow\) 2
• (B) 3 \(\rightarrow\) 4 \(\rightarrow\) 1 \(\rightarrow\) 2
• (C) 4 \(\rightarrow\) 1 \(\rightarrow\) 3 \(\rightarrow\) 2
• (D) 1 \(\rightarrow\) 4 \(\rightarrow\) 3 \(\rightarrow\) 2

The Tamil work on statecraft Amuktamalyada was written by:

• (A) Harihara
• (B) Krishnadeva Raya
• (C) Bukka Raya
• (D) Devaraya II

Which Buddhist text contains the rules and teachings of the Buddha in discourse form?

• (A) Vinaya Pitaka
• (B) Abhidhamma Pitaka
• (C) Sutta Pitaka
• (D) Jataka

Match the following travellers with their countries:

• (A) A--II, B--III, C--I
• (B) A--III, B--I, C--II
• (C) A--I, B--II, C--III
• (D) A--II, B--I, C--III

Who introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal?

• (A) Lord Wellesley
• (B) Lord Cornwallis
• (C) Thomas Munro
• (D) Holt Mackenzie

``Mulk Abadi'' referred to:

• (A) Military administration
• (B) Revenue from forest regions
• (C) Cultivated and inhabited land
• (D) Tax on traders

Who is known as the ``Father of Indian Archaeology''?

• (A) John Marshall
• (B) Alexander Cunningham
• (C) Rakhaldas Banerji
• (D) Mortimer Wheeler

The treatise containing the conversations and teachings of the Chishti saint Nizamuddin Auliya was written by:

• (A) Amir Khusrau
• (B) Ziauddin Barani
• (C) Hasan Sijzi
• (D) Minhaj-us-Siraj