GK From GPSC Assistant Professor History Exam 2020:
1. What were the main occupations of man in the Paleolithic period?
(a) Agriculture
(b) Trade
(c) Hunting gathering
(d) Manufacture
Ans: Hunting gathering (c)
2. What animal was not known to the Harappan peoples?
(a) Cow
(b) Sheep
(c) Horse
(d) Buffalo
Ans: Horse (c)
3. Where did the Buddha deliver the first sermon?
(a) Lumbini
(b) Sarnath
(c) Bodhgaya
(d) Kusinagar
Ans: Sarnath (b)
4. Which scholar first deciphered the edicts of Asoka?
(a) James Princep
(b) William Jones
(c) Max Mueller
(d) Alexander Cunningham
Ans: James Princep (a)
5. Who wrote the Indika?
(a) Kautilya
(b) Megasthenes
(c) Fahien
(d) Kalhan
Ans: Megasthenes (b)
6. Where would you find the Hathigumpha inscription?
(a) Udayagiri caves
(b) Mahabalipuram
(c) Ajanta caves
(d) Kale caves
Ans: Udayagiri caves (a)
7. Devanampiyadasi is the epithet associated with which king?
(a) Pulakesin I
(b) Samudragupta
(c) Asoka
(d) Gautamiputrasatakarani
Ans: Asoka (C)
8. With which empire, do you associate the Aravidu dynasty?
(a) Bijapur
(b) Vijayanagara
(c) Cholas
(d) Cheras
Ans: Vijayanagara (b)
9. Name the greatest ruler of Vijayanagara.
(a) Rajendra Chola
(b) Ramachandra yadava
(c) Krishnadevaraya
(d) Rama Raja
Ans: Krishnadevaraya (C)
10. Whom did the Portuguese defeat when they conquered Goa?
(a) Golconda
(b) Bijapur
(c) Vijayanagara
(d) Mughals
Ans: Bijapur (b)
11. What is a jagir?
(a) Land assignment
(b) Military post
(c) Title
(d) Inheritance
Ans: Land assignment (a)
12. With whose court do you associate the legendary musician Tansen?
(a) Akbar
(b) Allauddin Khalji
(c) Sher Shah
(d) Muhammad Shah
Ans: Akbar (a)
13. Name the finance minister under Akbar credited with the zabt system.
(a) Abul Fazl
(b) Raja Todar Mal
(c) Raja Man Singh
(d) Bairam Khan
Ans: Raja Todar Mal (b)
14. When did Akbar annex Gujarat?
(a) 1610
(b) 1572
(c) 1580
(d) 1700
Ans: 1572 (b)
15. Who was the tenth Guru of the Sikhs?
(a) Guru Nanak
(b) Banda
(c) Guru Arjun
(d) Guru Gobind Singh
Ans: Guru Gobind Singh (D)
16. Who invaded India in 1739?
(a) Timurlane
(b) Ahmed Shah Abdali
(c) Nadir Shah
(d) Chengez Khan
Ans: Nadir Shah (c)
17. Who established the English East India Company settlement in Calcutta?
(a) Francis Day
(b) Job Charnock
(c) Captain Hawkins
(d) Thomas Roe
Ans: Job Charnock (b)
18. In 1757, the Battle of __ eliminated the French threat to India and established British supremacy.
(a) Calcutta
(b) Plassey
(c) Bengal
(d) Buxar
Ans: Plassey (b)
19. Who fought the Third battle of Panipat in 1761?
(a) English East Company VS the Nawab of Awadh
(b) Rajputs VS Mughals
(c) Marathas VS Afghans
(d) Jats VS Rohillas
Ans: Marathas VS Afghans (c)
20. Who created the Subsidiary Alliance system?
(a) Robert Clive
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) Lord Wellesley
(d) Lord Bentinck
Ans: Lord Wellesley (c)
21. In November 1781, Sir Eyre Coote defeated __ at Porto Novo.
(a) Marthanda Varma
(b) Haider Ali
(c) Baji Rao
(d) Nizam of Hyderabad
Ans: Haider Ali (b)
22. Who was the ruler of Awadh during the Revolt of 1857?
(a) Safdar Jang
(b) Asafudaulah
(c) Wajid Ali Shah
(d) Sadat Ali Khan
Ans: Wajid Ali Shah (c)
23. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya was disciple of which Sufi saint?
(a) Baba Farid
(b) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
(c) Shaikh Nasiruddin Muhammad
(d) Sheikh Shihabuddin
Ans: Baba Farid (a)
24. Which Bhakti saint of Maharashtra contributed to the Maratha movement?
(a) Tukaram
(b) Namdev
(c) Gnandeva
(d) Eknath
Ans: Tukaram (a)
25. Locate the region of the Fakir-Sanyasi rebellions.
(a) Bengal
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Malabar
Ans: Bengal (a)
26. Who was the leader of the Santhal rebellion?
(a) Dadu Mian
(b) Birsa
(c) Sidha-Kano
(d) Majnun Shah
Ans: Sidha-Kano (c)
27. Who led the Indigo rebellion in 1859?
(a) M.K.Gandhi
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) Vishnu Biswas and Digambar Biswas
(d) Lokmanya Tilak
Ans: Vishnu Biswas and Digambar Biswas (c)
28. Under whose governor-generalship did the Revolt of 1857 occur?
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Canning
(d) Lord Willington
Ans: Lord Canning (c)
29. Who authored the book “The First Indian war of Independence – 1857-1859”?
(a) R.C.Mazumdar
(b) S.N.Sen
(c) V.D.Savarkar
(d) Karl Marx
Ans: V.D.Savarkar (c)
30. Which figure is associated with Widow remarriage reform?
(a) Rammohan Roy
(b) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Periyar
(d) Radhakanta Deb
Ans: Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar (b)
31. Who led the Bardoli Satyagraha?
(a) R.C.Dutt
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) M.K.Gandhi
(d) Motilal Nehru
Ans: Sardar Patel (b)
32. Where was the Tebhaga movement initiated?
(a) Bengal
(b) Punjab
(c) Madras
(d) Bihar
Ans: Bengal (a)
33. Which of the following is called the Magna Carta of English education in India?
(a) Macaulay Commission
(b) Wood’s Dispatch
(c) Vernacular Act
(d) Indian Press Act
Ans: Wood’s Dispatch (b)
34. Which of the following parties was established by Ambedkar?
(a) The Peasant and Workers Party
(b) All India Scheduled Castes Federation
(c) The CPI
(d) The Independent Labor Party
Ans: All India Scheduled Castes Federation (b)
35. What constituted Home Charges in British India?
(a) Funds to support the India Office in London
(b) Funds to support salaries and pensions for British in India
(c) Funds to finance wars
(d) Expenditure on infrastructure investment in India
Ans: Funds to support salaries and pensions for British in India (b)
36. Who was the Governor-General of India when the Indian National Congress was founded?
(a) Lord Lytton
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Dufferein
(d) Lord Minto
Ans: Lord Dufferein (c)
37. What did the Age of Consent Bill Agitation (1891) involve?
(a) Widow remarriage
(b) Abolition of sati
(c) Raising the age of marriage
(d) Abolition of female infanticide
Ans: Raising the age of marriage (c)
38. Name the first president of the Swaraj Party
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Chittaranjan Das
(c) Netaji Subhas Bose
(d) Husain Suhrawardy
Ans: Chittaranjan Das (b)
39. When was the announcement made that India and Pakistan would be made free?
(a) April 6, 1947
(b) March 15, 1947
(c) June 3, 1947
(d) August 4, 1946
Ans: June 3, 1947 (c)
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