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Indian History questions asked in previous year papers of SSC, Banking, Railway and other exams, with the exam and year, answers and explanations.

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Q701.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2020, GS Paper IEasy

With reference to the history of India, "Ulgulan" or the Great Tumult is the description of which of the following events?

  1. A.The Revolt of 1857
  2. B.The Mappila Rebellion of 1921
  3. C.The Indigo Revolt of 1859 - 60
  4. D.Birsa Munda's Revolt of 1899 - 1900
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Correct answer: D. Birsa Munda's Revolt of 1899 - 1900

Ulgulan, meaning "the great tumult", is the name given to the Munda uprising led by Birsa Munda in the Ranchi region.

Q702.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2020, GS Paper IMedium

With reference to the history of India, the terms "kulyavapa" and "dronavapa" denote

  1. A.measurement of land
  2. B.coins of different monetary value
  3. C.classification of urban land
  4. D.religious rituals
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Correct answer: A. measurement of land

Kulyavapa and dronavapa were units of land measurement found in early Indian land-grant inscriptions. These terms appear mainly in copper-plate inscriptions of the Gupta and post-Gupta period from Bengal, such as the Damodarpur plates, which record the sale and grant of land.

Q703.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2020, GATMedium

Which one of the following statements about Jaipal Singh is NOT correct ?

  1. A.He was a member of the Constituent Assembly
  2. B.He founded the Adivasi Maha Sabha
  3. C.He was the captain of the first Indian national hockey team
  4. D.He campaigned for a separate state of Chhattisgarh
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Correct answer: D. He campaigned for a separate state of Chhattisgarh

Jaipal Singh Munda campaigned for a separate state of Jharkhand for the tribal people of Chotanagpur, not for Chhattisgarh. Jaipal Singh, a Munda from Ranchi district, studied at Oxford and won an Oxford Blue in hockey.

Q704.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2020, GS Paper IHard

The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its target audience was published by

  1. A.Gopal Baba Walangkar
  2. B.Jyotiba Phule
  3. C.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
  4. D.Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
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Correct answer: A. Gopal Baba Walangkar

Walangkar, a pioneer of the Dalit movement in Maharashtra, brought out the Vital-Vidhvansak from 1888. Gopal Baba Walangkar belonged to the Mahar community and had served in the army before turning to social reform.

Q705.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2020, GS Paper IMedium

The Gandhi-Irwin Pact included which of the following?

1. Invitation to Congress to participate in the Round Table Conference

2. Withdrawal of Ordinances promulgated in connection with the Civil Disobedience Movement

3. Acceptance of Gandhiji's suggestion for enquiry into police excesses

4. Release of only those prisoners who were not charged with violence

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.1, 2 and 4 only
  3. C.3 only
  4. D.2, 3 and 4 only
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Correct answer: B. 1, 2 and 4 only

The pact invited the Congress to the Round Table Conference, withdrew the emergency ordinances and released non-violent prisoners, but it did not grant an enquiry into police excesses.

Q707.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2020, GS Paper IEasy

Which of the following statements correctly explains the impact of Industrial Revolution on India during the first half of the nineteenth century?

  1. A.Indian handicrafts were ruined.
  2. B.Machines were introduced in the Indian textile industry in large numbers.
  3. C.Railway lines were laid in many parts of the country.
  4. D.Heavy duties were imposed on the imports of British manufactures.
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Correct answer: A. Indian handicrafts were ruined.

. The Industrial Revolution in Britain ruined Indian handicrafts in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Q708.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2020, GS Paper IMedium

With reference to the religious history of India, consider the following statements :

1. Sthaviravadins belong to Mahayana Buddhism.

2. Lokottaravadin sect was an offshoot of Mahasanghika sect of Buddhism.

3. The deification of Buddha by Mahasanghikas fostered the Mahayana Buddhism.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: B. 2 and 3 only

Statements 2 and 3 are correct; the Sthaviravadins belong to the older Hinayana tradition, not Mahayana. After the Second Buddhist Council at Vaishali, the Sangha split into the Sthaviravadins (the 'elders', who kept to the strict rules) and the Mahasanghikas (the 'great community').

Q709.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · 2020Hard

In the context of Indian history, the Rakhmabai case of 1884 revolved around
1. women's right to gain an education
2. age of consent
3. restitution of conjugal rights
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.1 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: B. 2 and 3 only

Rakhmabai had been married as a child and refused to join her husband's household as an adult; he went to court for the restitution of conjugal rights, so statement 3 is part of the case.

Q710.Indian HistoryAsked in: Delhi · 3 Dec 2020, Shift 1Easy

Who among the following founded the Forward Bloc in 1939?

  1. A.Mahatma Gandhi
  2. B.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  3. C.Subhas Chandra Bose
  4. D.Jawaharlal Nehru
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Correct answer: C. Subhas Chandra Bose

After winning the Tripuri presidential election of 1939 against Pattabhi Sitaramayya and then resigning in April that year, Bose founded the Forward Bloc on 3 May 1939 as a left wing within the Congress, meant to gather all radical and anti-imperialist forces for an immediate struggle.

Q711.Indian HistoryAsked in: Delhi · 2 Dec 2020, Shift 2Medium

The Anglo-Mysore War ended with which of the following battles?

  1. A.Battle of Vandiwash
  2. B.Battle of Seringapatam
  3. C.Battle of Porto Novo
  4. D.Battle of Polilur
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Correct answer: B. Battle of Seringapatam

The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War closed with the storming of Seringapatam, Tipu Sultan's capital, in which he was killed on 4 May 1799; Mysore then passed to a restored Wodeyar ruler under a subsidiary alliance.

Q712.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 25 November 2020, Shift 2Medium

Which of the following statements is NOT true about C Rajagopalachari ?

  1. A.He was the first Indian to become the Governor General of India
  2. B.He was the founder of the Swatantra Party
  3. C.He was a senior leader of the Congress
  4. D.He was the first recipient of the Padma Shree Award
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Correct answer: D. He was the first recipient of the Padma Shree Award

C. Rajagopalachari was one of the first three recipients of the Bharat Ratna in 1954, along with C. V. Raman and S. Radhakrishnan, not of the Padma Shri, so this statement is not true.

Q713.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 25 November 2020, Shift 2Medium

In order to overturn the British rule through arms, the Kakori train incident was planned by the members of the ______ in 1925.

  1. A.Gadar Party
  2. B.Hindustan Republican Association
  3. C.Indian National Army
  4. D.Indian National Congress
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Correct answer: B. Hindustan Republican Association

On 9 August 1925 members of the Hindustan Republican Association stopped the 8 Down train near Kakori in Uttar Pradesh and took the government treasury bags, hoping to fund an armed struggle and buy weapons.

Q714.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 24 November 2020, Shift 1Easy

The princely state of Hyderabad was brought under the Indian Union in the year ______.

  1. A.1948
  2. B.1950
  3. C.1952
  4. D.1963
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Correct answer: A. 1948

The Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, refused to sign the Instrument of Accession and signed only a standstill agreement in 1947, so in September 1948 the Indian government sent in the army in a police action code-named Operation Polo and the state joined the Indian Union.

Q716.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CHSL · 13 Oct 2020, Shift 3Medium

On which date did Indian National Congress pass the Resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj'(total independence) at the Lahore Session?

  1. A.21 December 1929
  2. B.19 December 1929
  3. C.26 December 1929
  4. D.15 December 1929
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Correct answer: B. 19 December 1929

The Lahore session of the Indian National Congress passed the Purna Swaraj resolution on 19 December 1929 and declared complete independence to be the goal of the Congress.

Q717.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 23 November 2020, Shift 1Hard

Who among the following was one of the speakers after Jawaharlal Nehru to address the Parliament on the midnight of 15 August 1947?

  1. A.C Rajagopalachari
  2. B.Rajendra Prasad
  3. C.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
  4. D.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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Correct answer: C. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

At the midnight sitting of the Constituent Assembly on 14 and 15 August 1947, Nehru moved the pledge resolution with his Tryst with Destiny speech, and Dr S. Radhakrishnan, then a member of the Assembly and later the first Vice-President and the second President of India, spoke after him.

Q718.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CHSL · 17 March 2020, Shift 3Easy

When was the Muslim League founded?

  1. A.1906
  2. B.1901
  3. C.1905
  4. D.1903
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Correct answer: A. 1906

The All India Muslim League was founded at Dhaka in December 1906, with Nawab Salimullah of Dhaka taking the lead and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk and Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk among its founders, while Aga Khan III became its first president.

Q719.Indian HistoryAsked in: Madhya Pradesh · MPPSC General Studies 2020 Official PapeHard

In which year the last election of Indian Legislature under the Government of India Act, 1919 was held?

  1. A.1930
  2. B.1934
  3. C.1945
  4. D.1947
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Correct answer: C. 1945

The last election to the Central Legislative Assembly set up under the Government of India Act of 1919 was held in the winter of 1945, after the Second World War ended and the Labour government in Britain moved towards a settlement with Indian leaders.