Engineering Questions with Answers - Multiple Choice Questions
UPSC HISTORY MCQ-13
1 - Question
The masses were attracted to Gandhi
because of his simple and saintly habits. Which
of the following was/ were not one in them? A.
Nature therapy B. Experiments in sexual
restraint C. Use of English in preference to
Hindustani D. Travelling by third class E.
Wearing only a loincloth from 1921 onwards
Choose the correct answer from the codes
below:
A. B only
B. A and C.
C. C only
D. B and C
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2 - Question
Which of the following was the main article
of import?
A. Pottery and glassware
B. Gold and silver
C. Wine and slave girls
D. Horses
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3 - Question
Which of the following statements is
incorrect?
A. Chandragupta Vikramaditya killed the Saka
B. Samudragupta is known as Indian Napolean
C. Skandagupta defeated Huns
D. Kumaragupta restored the embankment of
Sundarsana Lake
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4 - Question
The Widow Remarriage Act was passed
during the Governor-Generalship of:
A. Lawrence
B. Canning
C. Bentinck
D. Dalhousie
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5 - Question
Successive Sultans attempted to control
their nobility in different ways, though not with
much success. Examine the following
statements:
1. Balban created nobility based on racial
antecedents2. Ala-ud-din Khilji built nobility
based on personal loyalty checked by spies
3. Mohammed bin Tughlaq dispersed the nobility
for better control
4. Firoz Shah Tughlaq built a small nobility on
the principle of heredity Select the code for
correct statements:
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. Only 1, 3
C. Only 3 and 4
D. Only 2
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6 - Question
With reference to the Jambudvipa, consider
the statements
1. Bharatvarsha was also called Jambudvipa.
2. Early Buddhist evidence suggests that
Jambudvipa was a territorial designation from
the third century BC. Which of the above is / are
correct?
A. 1 only
B. Neither 1 nor 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. 2 only
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7 - Question
How do you distinguish between Kuchipudi
and Bharatnatyam dances?
1. Dancers occasionally speaking dialogues is
found in Kuchipudi dance but not in
Bharatnatyam. 2 . Dancing on the brass plate by
keeping the feet on its edges is a feature of
Bharatnatyambut Kuchipudi does not have such
a form of movements. Which of the following
statements given above is/ are correct?
A. Neither 1 nor 2
B. 1 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. 2 only
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8 - Question
Which Indian ruler conquered Java and
Sumatra?
A. Samudragupta
B. Rajaraja Chola I
C. Vikramaditya
D. Rajendra Chola I
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9 - Question
Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri was
A. the hall in which Akbar held discussions with
scholars of various religions
B. the room in which the nobles belonging to
different religions gathered to discuss religious
affairs
C. Akbar's private prayer chamber
D. the mosque for the use of Royal Family
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10 - Question
Which of the following Tamil works
highlights the importance of the Jaina
philosophy?
A. Silappadigaram
B. Sivaga Sindamani
C. Tirukkural
D. Manimegalai
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11 - Question
Four resolutions were passed at the
famous Calcutta session of Indian National
Congress in 1906. The question of either
retention OR of rejection of these four
resolutions became the cause of a split in
Congress at the next Congress session held in
Surat in 1907. Which one of the following was
not one of those resolutions?
A. National education
B. Annulment of partition of Bengal
C. Boycott
D. Swadeshi
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12 - Question
The first cereals that early men grown
were
A. barley and rice.
B. wheat and barley
C. wheat and rice
D. barley and maize
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13 - Question
Who of the following had first deciphered
the edicts of Emperor Ashoka?
A. Max Muller
B. James Prinsep
C. Georg Buhier
D. William Jones
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14 - Question
Which amongst the following dalit
communities strongly supported Mahatma
Gandhi?
A. Vankar
B. Namasudras
C. Mahars
D. Iravas
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15 - Question
What was the Normal rate of interest on
loans during the Guptas period
A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 15%
D. 10%
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16 - Question
Consider the following statements
regarding the revolt of the Royal Indian Navy in
1946:
1. The revolt was launched to protest against
racial discrimination and unpalatable food.
2. Lord Wavell the concurrent viceroy of India
condemned the response of the Indian Army
towards the revolt.
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
A. Both 1 and 2
B. 2 only
C. Neither 1 nor 2
D. 1 only
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17 - Question
Which of the following newspapers
advocated revolutionary terrorism during the
period of Indian freedom struggle?
1. Sandhya
2. Yugantar
3. Kaal Choose the correct answer from the
codes given below: Codes:
A. 1, 2
B. 2, 3
C. 1, 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
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18 - Question
Examine the following statements with
regards to the East India Company's rule in
India:
1. The directors of the Company were asked to
present their entire correspondence, including
the documents pertaining to its administration,
to the British government by the Pitt's India Act.
2. A Board of Control was set up in Britain to
control the affairs of the Company in India by
the Regulating Act
3. Company's monopoly of trade with India was
ended by the Charter Act of 1813
4. The power to govern India was transferred
from the East India Company to the British
Crown by the Act of 1858 Select the code for
correct statements:
A. Only 1, 2 and 3
B. Only 1
C. Only 4
D. Only 3 and 4
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19 - Question
Which of the following institutions did not
exist during the Sangam Age?
A. Courtesans
B. Slavery
C. Ritualistic marriage
D. Sati
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20 - Question
Guru Nanak preached
A. to make Sikhs a militant organisation
B. the brotherhood of man
C. Sikhism as a religion
D. the unity of Sikhs
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21 - Question
The most favourite God of the Tamils
during the Sangam Age was:
A. Indra
B. Varuna
C. Tirumal
D. Murugan
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22 - Question
Which of the following was not one of the
reasons why India had a favourable balance of
trade with the West?
A. Import of gold by India in return for her
exports
B. Better business sense of Indian traders
C. Great demand for Indian luxury goods
D. Imports of coins by India
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23 - Question
Who among the following was the second
Portuguese Governor in India?
A. Francisco Xavier
B. Alfonso de Albuquerque
C. Vasco da Gama
D. Francisce de Almeida
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24 - Question
The famous romantic story of marriage of
Samyogita the daughter of Ghadval King
Jaichandra with Chauhan king Prithviraj is
described in:
A. Prithvirajvijaya
B. Hammir Mahakavya
C. Pavanduta
D. Prithvirajraso
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25 - Question
The Swadeshi movement was started
because
A. of de-industrialisation in India
B. Lord Curzon divided Bengal
C. the British massacred innocent people at
Jallianwala Bagh
D. the British government did not grant
responsible government in India
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26 - Question
In the year 1613, where was the English
East India Company given permission to set up a
factory (trading post)?
A. Madras
B. Masulipattam
C. Surat
D. Bangalore
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27 - Question
Which of the following problems came up
in the working of 1773 Regulation?
1. Disharmony and dishonesty between
Governor- General and his council
2. Ambiguities in the jurisdiction of Supreme
Court and the Council
3. Provincial governors claimed greater
authority than was provided
4. British Parliament's inability to assert control
over the East India Company.
A. 2, 3 and 4
B. 1 and 3
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1 and 2
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28 - Question
728. Vande Mataram was first sung at the
session of the Indian National Congress in
A. 1892
B. 1904.
C. 1886
D. 1896
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29 - Question
Some of the prominent social reformers
and their contributions have been listed here:
1. Legal check on infant marriage - Behramji and
Malabari
2. Temperance and the combating of
Devadasicustom VenkataRatnam Naidu
3. Widow remarriage and female education -
DhanduKhelhaveKarve
4. Attempt to free low caste people from the
stranglehold of brahmins - Jyotiba Phule Which
of the statements above are correct, choose the
code:
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 1 and 4
C. 2 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 4
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30 - Question
Ashtapradhan was a Council of Ministers
A. in the Vijayanagar Administration
B. in the Maratha Administration
C. in the Chola Administration
D. in the Gupta Administration
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31 - Question
Which of the following was not one of the
reasons why the conquest of Kalinga was of
strategic and economic importance to the
Mauryan empire?
A. It stood in the way of the southern routes
from the Ganges valley
B. It was also a powerful maritime state and,
therefore a convenient source of income
C. It provided congiguity to the Mauryan
territories of Andhra and Bengal
D. Its rich and fertile land could contribute to
the economic prosperity of the empire
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32 - Question
In which of the following edicts did Ashoka
order that 'whosoever monk or nun breaks up
the Sangha, after being clothed in white
garments, shall take up abode in a place other
than a monastery'?
A. The Queen's Edict
B. Sanchi Edict
C. Sarnath Edict
D. Kausambi Edict
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33 - Question
Which one of the following statements
regarding Asokan stone pillars is incorrect?
A. These are parts of architectural structures
B. These are highly polished
C. The shaft of pillars is tapering in shape
D. These are monolithic
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34 - Question
Consider the following statements: Under
Todar Mal's bandobast in Akbar's administration
1. the state was to advance loans to the
cultivators which could be paid in easy annual
instalments.
2. Remissions of revenue were granted in bad
season.
3. The revenue collectors were required to write
officially annual reports about the word,
character and integrity of their subordinates.
4. the accounts were to be kept in Hindi
Which of the statements given above are
correct?
A. 1 and 2
B. 1, 2 and 3
C. 1, 2, 3 and 4
D. 3 and 4
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35 - Question
The Harappan towns and cities were
divided into large______________ blocks
A. Rectangular
B. Circular
C. Semi-circular
D. Square
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36 - Question
The Gandhi-Irwin pact (March 1931)
A. the Nagpur session approved the agreement
B. agreed not to enforce the salt laws
C. the Congress was to suspend the Civil
Disobedience movement
D. release all political prisoners except those
convicted of violence
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37 - Question
Chandra Gupta Maura defeated Nandas
with the help of?
A. Jayasimha
B. Chanakya
C. Aswaghosa
D. Harisena
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38 - Question
Who of the following is a contemporary of
Gautama Buddha?
A. Nagarjuna
B. Parsvanath
C. Vardhmana Mahavira
D. Ashvaghosa
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39 - Question
Which of the following is false?
A. 'A romance in stone': Jama Masjid
B. 'A frozen tear drop': Taj Mahal
C. A poem written by Abul Fazal: Tomb of Salim
Chisti
D. 'If on earth be an Eden of bliss it is this':
Diwan-iKhas, Agra
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40 - Question
The Mauryan empire was a pyramidal
structure because:
A. Ashoka tried to give importance to public
works.
B. there was a huge gap between the highest
and the lowest officials.
C. Ashoka used the title Devanampiya.
D. Ashoka said, 'All men are my children'.
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41 - Question
The year 1919 is associated with
A. Chauri Chaura Incident
B. Partition of Bengal
C. Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
D. Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi
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42 - Question
Who was the Shahi ruler of Punjab
defeated by Muhammad Ghazni?
A. Prithviraj
B. Mahipala
C. Jayapala
D. Nagabhatta
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43 - Question
Which of the following statements
correctly defines the term 'drain theory' as
propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji?
A. That a part of India's national wealth or total
annual product was being exported to Britain for
which India got no material returns.
B. That the British industrialists were being
given an opportunity to invest in India under the
protection of the imperial power.
C. That the British goods were being imported to
the country making it poorer day by day.
D. That the resources of the country were being
utilised in the interest of Britain.
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44 - Question
Which of the following Chalukyan city was
known as the city of temples?
A. Pattadakal
B. Aihole
C. Kanheri
D. Badami
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45 - Question
Who among the following was a
contemporary of Gautam Buddha?
A. Kanishka
B. Mahavir
C. Kautila
D. Nagarjuna
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46 - Question
The historical reason for Sufi saints
isolating themselves from society was that:
A. Their views were unacceptable to the general
masses.
B. They preached escapism and worldly
detachment.
C. They found a congenial atmosphere for
naurturing their ideas in India, away from social
surroundings.
D. Their mystical doctrine of union with God
through love was regarded as heretical and
attacked by orthodox Islam.
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47 - Question
Which one of the following statements does
correctly defines the term 'drain theory' as
propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji?
A. That the British Industrialists were being
given an opportunity to invest in India under the
protection of the imperial power
B. That the resources of the country were being
utilised in the interest of Britain
C. That the British goods were being imported to
the country making it poorer day by day
D. That a part of India's national wealth or total
annual product was being exported to Britain for
which India got no material return
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48 - Question
Arrange the following Buddhist councils in
a chronological order
1. Vaishali 2. Rajagraha
3. Patliputra 4. Sreenagar The correct order is
A. 1, 4, 3, 2
B. 3, 2, 1, 4
C. 4, 1, 2, 3
D. 2, 1, 3, 4
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49 - Question
Which of the statements given below about
the Champaran Satyagraha is/are correct?
1. It was related to Indigo plantations.
2. It started because the European planters
oppressed the Zamindars.
Select the correct answer using the codes given
below
A. Both 1 and 2
B. Only 1
C. Neither 1 nor 2
D. Only 2
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50 - Question
The battle of Talikota, which led to the
destruction of the Vijayanagara Empire bythe
combined armies of Bijapur, Ahmednagar,
Golkonda and Bidar, was fought in
A. AD 1565
B. AD 1570
C. AD 1560
D. AD 1555