Set 9 of the Uttar Pradesh mixed quiz has 20 multiple-choice questions from 10 different topics of the subject: Ancient Uttar Pradesh: Mahajanapadas, Buddhism and Jainism, Medieval Uttar Pradesh: Sultanate, Mughals and Awadh, Transport: Expressways, Railways and Airports of UP and more. 1 of them were asked in real previous-year papers. A topic quiz checks one chapter; this set revises the whole subject at once, the way an exam paper does, where the next question can come from any chapter. Every question carries an explanation of why the correct option is right and why the others are wrong. Keep to the timer, read the explanations at the end, and go back to the notes of any topic where you slipped.
20 questions with answers and explanations
Shravasti was the capital of which mahajanapada?
Kosala lay in the central and eastern plain of Uttar Pradesh with Shravasti as its capital and Saketa, the Ayodhya of today, as a second centre.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following areas was known as Magadh in the ancient period?
Magadha lay on the southern bank of the Ganga, in the region of present day Patna, Gaya and Nalanda, with its early capital at Rajagriha among the hills and later at Pataliputra at the meeting of the Ganga and the Son.
Read the full explanation →The tomb of Itmad ud Daulah at Agra was built by whom?
The empress Nur Jahan raised the tomb at Agra for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg, who held the title Itmad ud Daulah and served as a minister of Jahangir.
Read the full explanation →In the battle of Chandawar in 1194, Muhammad Ghori defeated which ruler?
Chandawar lies on the Yamuna near present day Firozabad, and the battle fought there in 1194 ended the power of the Gahadavala ruler Jaichand, who was killed.
Read the full explanation →Parshvanatha, the twenty third Jain tirthankara, is traditionally said to have been born at
Jain tradition holds that Parshvanatha, the twenty third tirthankara and the immediate predecessor of Mahavira, was born at Varanasi as a prince of that city, and he is remembered as the teacher whose followers Mahavira's order absorbed.
Read the full explanation →The Bundelkhand Expressway connects Chitrakoot with which district?
The Bundelkhand Expressway runs about 296 km from Bharatkoop in Chitrakoot district to Kudrail in Etawah district, where it meets the Agra Lucknow Expressway, so that Bundelkhand is linked through it to Agra, Noida and Delhi.
Read the full explanation →Who founded the line of the Nawabs of Awadh?
He was appointed governor of Awadh by the Mughal emperor in 1722 and, like the Nizam in the Deccan and the Nawab in Bengal, turned the post into a hereditary one as imperial authority weakened.
Read the full explanation →The density of population of Uttar Pradesh according to the Census of 2011 was:
Uttar Pradesh had 829 persons on every square kilometre in 2011, more than twice the national density, because the alluvial plain of the Ganga and the Yamuna supports a very dense rural population.
Read the full explanation →Ahichchhatra, an important early site in Bareilly district, was a capital of which mahajanapada?
Panchala was divided into a northern and a southern half, and Ahichchhatra in Bareilly district was the capital of the north while Kampilya in Farrukhabad was the capital of the south.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first Ramsar site, that is an internationally recognised wetland, declared in Uttar Pradesh?
The stretch is valued because it still carries the Gangetic dolphin, the gharial, turtles and large numbers of wintering waterbirds in a river that is heavily used elsewhere.
Read the full explanation →Which Nawab shifted the capital of Awadh from Faizabad to Lucknow?
He moved the seat of the Awadh government from Faizabad to Lucknow in 1775 and made the new capital famous for its building and its court life.
Read the full explanation →The Indian Veterinary Research Institute, one of the oldest research institutions of the country, is located at which place in Uttar Pradesh?
The Indian Veterinary Research Institute is at Izatnagar in Bareilly district, with its older campus at Mukteswar in Uttarakhand, and it is the premier institution for veterinary research, vaccine work and animal disease control in India; the Central Avian Research Institute is on the same Izatnagar campus.
Read the full explanation →Alamgirpur, regarded as the eastern most site of the Harappan civilisation, lies in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
Alamgirpur stands on the bank of the Hindon, a tributary of the Yamuna, in Meerut district, and it is taken as the eastern limit of the Harappan civilisation; pottery, beads and the impression of cloth are among its finds.
Read the full explanation →The only oil refinery of Uttar Pradesh is located at:
The Mathura refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation is the only refinery in the state and was set up to serve the demand of the north western plains, with crude reaching it by pipeline.
Read the full explanation →Awadh was annexed by the British in 1856 during the reign of which Nawab?
Lord Dalhousie annexed Awadh in 1856 on the plea of misgovernment, not under the doctrine of lapse, and the Nawab, a poet, dancer and patron of Kathak and thumri, was deposed and sent to Calcutta.
Read the full explanation →Tendu leaves, the most valuable minor forest produce of Uttar Pradesh, come chiefly from which districts?
The correct answer is A, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra, the Vindhyan districts of the south-east, where dry deciduous forest grows on hilly ground and the tendu tree is common; its leaves are collected and dried to roll bidis and give seasonal work to thousands of forest dwellers, along with khair for…
Read the full explanation →The Jetavana monastery, where the Buddha spent many of his rainy season retreats, was built by the merchant Anathapindika at
Anathapindika, a wealthy merchant of Shravasti, bought a grove from prince Jeta and built the Jetavana monastery there for the Buddha and the order, and the Buddha is said to have passed more rainy season retreats at Shravasti than anywhere else.
Read the full explanation →Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, the largest man made lake in India by area, is the reservoir of which dam?
The dam was built at Pipri in Sonbhadra district across the Rihand, a tributary of the Son, and the lake behind it was named Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar after the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →The saint Kabir, whose verses attacked ritual and caste, is chiefly associated with which city of Uttar Pradesh?
Kabir, a weaver by trade and a disciple in the tradition of Ramananda, lived and preached at Varanasi and died at Magahar.
Read the full explanation →Jhansi, Lalitpur, Banda and Mahoba belong to which region of Uttar Pradesh?
These districts, with Jalaun, Hamirpur and Chitrakoot, form the Bundelkhand upland in the south-west of the state. It is built of ancient granite and gneiss, has thin soil and bare hillocks, is drained by the Betwa and the Ken, and is the most drought-prone part of Uttar Pradesh.
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