UPSC IAS Indian History GK Paper
IPS Civil Services History Exams
1. Consider the following statements:
1. Sir Taj Bahadur Sapru and Sir Mohammad Shafi attended the first Round Table
Conference as representatives of Indian National Congress
2. Mahatma Gandhi attended the second Round Table Conference as the sole
representative of Indian National Congress
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer. (b)
2. Match the following:
Dates of Congress Important Happenings Sessions
A. Surat session of 1907 1. The Independence resolution adopted
B. Gaya session of 1922 2. Split in the Congress
C. Madras session of 1927 3. Decision to launch the Civil Disobedience Movement
D. Lahore session of 1929 4. The Swarajya Party formed
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 2 4 1 3
(d) 4 3 2 1
Answer. (c)
3. Consider the following statements:
1. The Cabinet Mission recommended a basic frame-work for the Constitution of India.
2. The Cabinet Mission laid down the procedure to be followed by the Constitution
making body
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer. (a)
4. ‘Mahatma’ was added before Gandhiji’s name during:
(a) Champaran Satyagraha
(b) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(c) Amritsar session of INC in 1919
(d) Initial stages of Khilafat movement
Answer. (a)
5. With which one of the following did the Civil Disobedience Movement in India commence?
(a) The Dandi March
(b) No tax campaign by Sardar Patel
(c) The unfurling of the national flag by Nehru
(d) Mahatma Gandhi’s going on fast
Answer. (a)
6. Mahatma Gandhi’s first attempt at leading an All India struggle was his call for a Satyagraha
against which one of the following?
(a) The Public Safety Bill
(b) Rowlatt Act
(c) The Government of India Act, 1919
(d) The Trade Disputes Act
Answer. (b)
7. At which one of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India?
(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Bardoli
(c) Champaran
(d) Kheda
Answer. (c)
8. At the beginning of the twentieth century, who among the following published ‘The
Economic History of India’?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(d) Romesh Chandra Dutt
Answer. (d)
9. Who of the following appointed a National Planning Committee in 1938?
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer. (b)
Directions: ln the questions given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and
Reason (R): In the context of the two statements, which of the following is correct?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
10. Assertion (A): The l-Harappans had commercial links with Mesopotamia.
Reason (R): Many Harappan seal have been discovered in Mesopotamia.
Answer. (c)
11. Assertion (A): The Harappans probably had some belief in life after death.
Reason (R): Some graves excavated at Harappa show that the dead were buried
Along with ornaments and toiletries.
Answer. (a)
12. Assertion (A): The Harappans did not believe in any religion.
Reason (R): 1 No temples have been found at
any Harappan site as yet.
Answer. (d)
13. Assertion (A): Most of the wars of the Rig Vedic Aryans were fought for the sake of cows.
Reason (R): The cow was the most important form of wealth during Rig Vedic times.
Answer. (a)
14. Assertion (A): Membership of the Buddhist Order was not closed to women.
Reason (R): Gautama Buddha believed in the equality of men and women.
Answer. (a)
15. Assertion (A): Ashoka aimed at promoting Buddhism through the policy of Dhamma.
Reason (R): Ashoka embraced Buddhism after the Battle of Kalinga.
Answer. (d)
16.Assertion (A): The Early Vedic society witnessed occasional inter-tribal fights and conflicts.
Reason (R): The Early Vedic society was familiar with the concept of private property based
on land ownership.
Answer. (b)
17. Assertion (A): The Gupta and post-Gupta times were characterised by the emergence
and spread of new castes.
Reason (R): Social rank, during the Gupta and post Gupta period, came to be connected not
only with the Varna to which one belonged, but also with one’s position as landholder.
Answer. (b)
18. Assertion (A): Kannauj, in the Ganga valley, became prominent due to its strategic
and geographical potentiality.
Reason (R): Kannauj was located in the part of the Ganga doab and control over Kannauj
implied control over the eastern and western parts of the Ganga doab.
Answer. (a)
19. Assertion (A): The sabha and samiti, the two political bodies of the Rig Vedic Aryans
Began to lose their strength during the time of the Mahanjanapadas.
Reason (R): These tribal assemblies could not fit into the organizational framework of
the large territorial states.
Answer. (a)
20. Assertion (A): Buddhism became very popular in India during the life time of its founder.
Reason (R): Buddha preached in the language of the people and did not harp on
the caste system.
Answer. (a)
21. Assertion (A): Mahavira did not preach a new religion.
Reason (R): Mahavira was the last of the 24 Jain Tirthankaras.
Answer. (d)
22. Assertion (A): In the initial stages of the rise of Buddhism, the people of Magadha did not
respond readily to the new religion.
Reason (R): At that time, Magadha was placed outside time pale of the holy aryavarta.
Answer. (c)
23. Assertion (A): Jainism did not spread as fast as Buddhism.
Reason (R): Royal patronage to Jainism was not as extensive as it was in the case of Buddhism.
Answer. (b)
24. Assertion (A): Magasthenes said that there was no slavery in India at the time of his visit.
Reason (R): Magasthenes could not distinguish slaves from their masters who
treated them kindly.
Answer. (a)
25. Assertion (A): Major Rock Edict No. XIII mentioning Ashoka’s conquest of Kalinga
does not appear at Dhauli.
Reason (R): Ashoka did not want the people of Kalinga to be reminded of his conquest.
Answer. (a)
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