UPSC History Solved IAS Question Paper

UPSC History Solved IAS Question Paper

History Objective Test Paper

1. The name of Pt. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar is associated with social reforms concerning women which was one of the following—

(A) Sati

(B) Pardah System

(C) Education and Widow Marriage

(D) Thagi

Ans. (C)

2. Sarat Chandra; the Bengali Scholar writer is famous because of his —

(A) Poems

(B) Novels

(C) Dramas

(D) Essays

Ans. (B)

3. Who among the following translated a few works of Bankim Chandra into Kannada language?

(A) B. Venkatachar

(B) Galga Nath

(C) A.N. Krishan Rao

(D) Kattimani

Ans. (A)

4. Who, among the following leaders, was not among the Moderates?

(A) Firoz Mehta

(B) D.B. Nauroji

(C) S.N. Banerjee

(D) Bipin Chandra Pal

Ans. (D)

5. Who published ‘Al-Hilal’?

(A) Maulana Abul Kalam

(B) Jakir Hussain

(C) Jinnah

(D) Syaid Ahamad Khan

Ans. (A)

6. In which language Ghadar Newspaper was published?

(A) English

(B) English and Urdu

(C) Urdu and Gurumukhi

(D) Urdu and Bengali

Ans. (C)

7. Who among the following was the pioneer of the social and religious movements of the 19th century in India?

(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati

(C) Swami Vivekananda

(D) Aurobindo Ghosh

Ans. (A)

8. Class concept is against casteism because the concept of class is —

(A) Opposed to religion

(B) Opposed to social divisions

(C) A western concept

(D) An economic concept which directly attacks social distinctions based on heredity

Ans. (D)

9. ‘Tatva Vodhini Samaj’ was founded by —

(A) Swami Vivekananda

(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(C) Devendra Nath Tagore

(D) Rama Krishana Paramahansa

Ans. (C)

10. ‘Satyaartha Prakash’ was written by —

(A) Vivekananda

(B) Dayananda Saraswati

(C) Rama Krishana Paramahansa

(D) Vinoba Bhave

Ans. (B)

11. What was the attitude of the European scholars towards the study of Indian language and Culture?

(A) They discouraged the study

(B) They themselves studied with a lot of interest

(C) They encouraged the study

(D) None of these

Ans. (A)

12. Who among the following poets has been called the Tagore of Punjabi?

(A) Puran Singh

(B) Mohan Singh

(C) Amrita Preetam

(D) Kartar Singh Duggal

Ans. (A)

13. Who among the following was the author of ‘Indian Struggle’?

(A) Subhash Chandra Bose

(B) Dayanand Saraswati

(C) Rabindranath Tagore

(D) Dada Bhai Nauroji

Ans. (A)

14. The censorship of the press started during the period of Governor Generaliship of —

(A) Lord Wellesley

(B) Lord Hasting

(C) Lord Lytton

(D) None of these

Ans. (B)

15. Who was the against the abolition of Sati?

(A) Radha Kanth Deb

(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(C) Devendranath Tagore

(D) Bipin Chandra Pal

Ans. (A)

16. Who founded ‘Young Bengal Movement’?

(A) C.R.Das

(B) R.M.Tagore

(C) Syaid Ahamad Khan

(D) H.V. Derozio

Ans. (D)

17. Bombay Mill hands Association was founded by —

(A) Wadia

(B) Lokhandy

(C) Jyotiba Phule

(D) Shinde

Ans. (B)

18. British Prime Minister who declared the communal award in 1932 was —

(A) Lord Birkenhead

(B) Lord Reading

(C) Sir Alexander Muddiman

(D) Macqdonald

Ans. (D)

19. Arrange in Chronologically order —

1. Clive arranged of for carrying out the Diwani functions in Bihar, Orissa and Bengal.

2. Shah Alam II gave the Diwani of Orissa, Bihar, Bengal for an annual payment of 26 lakh rupees.

3. On his return Clive was given the job of restoring order in the company lands

4. Clive returened to England with his work unfinished

Codes:

(A) 3, 2, 1, 4

(B) 1, 3, 2, 4

(C) 4, 3, 1, 2

(D) 1, 4, 2, 3

Ans. (A)

20. Which among the following did not emerge as a new social class during the British rule in agrarian areas?

(A) Zamindars

(B) Absentee Landlords

(C) Tenants under Zamindars and Absentee landlords

(D) Bourgeoise farm holders

Ans. (B)

21. Who among the following was the pioneer in making Hindi a standard literary language?

(A) Munshi Prem Chand

(B) Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi

(C) Jinendra Kumar

(D) Brandaban Lal Verma

Ans. (A)

22. Which one of the following is correctly matched?

(A) Ram Narayan — General of Siraj-ud-daula

(B) Mir Madan — Diwan of Mir Jafar

(C) Rai Durlabh — Governor of Bihar

(D) Jagat Singh — A famous banker of Bengal

Ans. (B)

23. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Persons Institutions Founded

(A) CR. Reddi : Praja Mithra Mandali

(B) Jyotiba Phule : Satya Shodak Samaj

(C) BR. Ambedkar : All India Depressed Classes Association

(D) Dr. Atmaram: Prarthana Samaj

Ans. (A)

24. The President of All India Kisan Sabha in 1936 was —

(A) N.G.Ranga

(B) Swami Sahajanada Saraswati

(C) Vidyanand

(D) Baba Ramchandra

Ans. (B)

25. Who among the following were associated with eradication of untouchability?

1. K. Ranga Rao

2. Vitthal Ramji Shinde

3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

4. Gangu Ram

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below —

Codes:

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 1, 2 and 4

(C) 2 and 3

(D) 1, 3 and 4

Ans. (B)