APSC Prelim Question Papers: Indian History Paper 2016 Solved
APSC CC (Prelim) Exam 2016 – Indian History optional Paper is solved here. This will help aspirants to have a fair idea of the frequently asked areas and will benefit them in their preparation for APSC Prelim Exam 2018.
Q1. Who was the author of first monumental book on Indus Valley Civilization
c. Sir John Marchall
Q2. Buddha was born at
a. Kapilavastu ( ACTUAL it is Lumbini )
Q3. The Credit of the discovery of monsoon for the development of commmunication goes to
b. Hippalus
Q4. The third buddhist council was held during the reign of
a. Ashoka
Q5. the founder of pataliputra city was
a. Udayana
Q6. First Indian ruler who surrendered before Alexander was
c. Ambhi
Q7. The sunga dynasty founded bysunga dynasty founded by
a. Pushyamitra Shunga
Q8. Kashmir was under the control of Indian rulers during
a. Mauryas and Kushanas
Q9. Jizya (poll-tax) was imposed on
b. Hindus
Q10. First battle of Tarain took place in
a. 1191
Q11. For the first time Rupee was minted in India in the form of coins by
a. Sher Shah
Q12. The Battle of saraighat was fought in
a. 1671
Q13. The warrior king who made the Chalukyas the paramount ppower in the Deccan was
b. Pulakesin II
Q14. Greatest king of Pala Dynasty of Kamrupa
a. Dharmapala
Q15. Charaka-Samhita is a work in
b. Medicine
Q16. The Arab Conquest of Sindh took place in the year
a. 711
Q17. Who was the author of Tughlaqnama
b. Amir Khusrau
Q18. Siri was built by
d. Ala-ud-Din Khalji
Q19. The Palace of forty Pillars is located at
a. Allahabad
Q20. Akbarnama was written by
c. Abul Fazl
Q21. Mother of Shah Jahan
b. Jagat Gosaini
Q22. Mughal General who took possession of the Ahom Capital Gahrgaon in 1662
d. Mir Jumla
Q23. Who has written the book, Tazuk-i-Jahangir
b. Jahangir
Q24. Which revolt during Aurangzeb’s period had a peasant agrarian background
b. Jats and Satnamis
Q25. After coronation, Shivaji assumed the title of
d. Chhatrapati
Q26. Tulsidas composed his Ramcharita-manas during the reign of
c. Akbar
Q27. From where was the Mansabdari system borrowed
c. Mongolia
Q28. ‘Ashtapradhan’ was a Council of Ministers in
d. Maratha Administration
Q29. Vasco da Gama was
a. Portuguese
Q30. Which is NOT correct
a. Battle of Wandiwash fought between French and Portuguese
Q31. Earliest exponent of the Bhakti Movement in India
a. Ramanuja
Q32. Which place British used as springboard for the conquest of India
c. Madras
Q33. Permanent Settlement of Bangla brought maximum benefit to the
b. Zamindars
Q34. Who was the central figure of the Revolt of 1857 in Assam
b. Maniram Dewan
Q35. Which Act led to the introduction og Dual system of Govt in India
a. Pitts India Act, 1784
Q36. Who declared Bengal an independent State in 1771
a. Murshid Quli Khan
Q37. Which Nawab breathed his last in the Battle of Plassey in 1757
d. Siraj-Ud-Daulah
Q38. Peshwa who founded the Peshwa dynasty
a. Balaji Biswanath
Q39. French East India Company was established in
NONE (ACTUALLY 1664)
Q40. What was the final result of Impeachment of Warren Hastings?
b. acquitted
Q41. The decisive battle between the Rohillas and the combined forces of the Nawab and the English was fought at
b. Rampur
Q42. Hastings robbed whom to collect money for the company
a. Nadkumar
Q43. Who succeeded the throne of Oudh after death of Nawab Shuja-ud-daula
a. Asaf-Ud-Daula
Q44. Salient terms of the Treaty of Salbai concluded in 1782 AD between Poon Darbar and English was that
d. All the above
Q45. Haider Ali breathed his last in 1782 due to
a. cancer
Q46. Who was looked upon as God-incarnate
d. Birsa Munda
Q47. Prime targets of the Santhal Uprisings were the
c. money-lenders
Q48. First President of Indian National Congress
b. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Q49. Swami Vivekananda attended the Parliament of Religion (1893), held in
b. Chcago
Q50. Capital of the province ‘Eastern Bengal and Assam’
a. Shillong
Q51. ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it’, who said
b. B G Tilak
Q52. The ideology of Socialism was strongly defended inside the Indian National congress by
a. M N Roy
Q53. Bhagat Singh and his associates Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged on March 23, in
c. 1931
Q54. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was compared with
b. Bismarck
Q55. The partition of Bengal took place in
d. 1905
Q56. Who started ‘Jugantar’
a. Aurobindo Ghosh
Q57. Treaty Badarpur was signed between David Scoto and Govinda Chandra in
d. 1824
Q58. Cachar was placed under the Commissionerate of Dacca in
a. 1836
Q59. Who built the Rang Ghar
b. Pramatta Singha
Q60. How many kings during the Ahom Period
b. 40
Q61. Second Burmese invasion took place in
c. 1819
Q62. Maniram Dewan and Piyali Barua were hanged on
a. 26 February 1858
Q63. In Quit India Movement of 1942, Kanak Lata and Mukunda Kakati were shot dead by British at
c. Gohpur
Q64. After the demise of 1st Prime Minister of Assam (so called) Gopinath Bordoloi in 1950, the 2nd Cheif Minister
b. Bishnu Ram Medhi
Q65. Sadulla’s Coalition Ministry took office on
a. 1 April 1937
Q66. River Commission of Assam via East Pakistan was completely discontitued after the Indo-Pak was of
b. 1965
Q67. Civil Disobedience Movement started with enforcement of the
b. Dandi March
Q68. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was conlcluded in
a. 1931
Q69. Who was the elected leader of the Labour PArty in England in 1946
b. Clement Attlee
Q70. Who is known as the Father of Muslim Communalism
c. Sir Sayyid Ahmed
Q71. The Chief aim of the Muslim League was to
a. All the above
Q72. Which was rejected by both Hindus and Muslims
a. Cabinet Mission
Q73. Who write ‘Inda’s Poverty and un-British Rule in India’
b. Dadabhai Naoroji
Q74. Famous work of B G Tilak
b. Gita Rahasya
Q75. When did Gandhi go to South Africa
c. 1893
Q76. Which tragedy took place in 1919
c. Jallianwala Bagh adn Rowlatt Acts
Q77. Greatest contritution of Gandhi was
c. Satyagraha and No-violence
Q78. When JL Nehru lead Farmers Movement of Pratapgarh and Faizabad
c. 1920-1921
Q79. Where did Netaji establish Provisional Govt of India
b. Singapore
Q80. Indian National Association installed the Indian National Flag in Kohima in Assam in
c. 1944
Q81. Transfer of Power Act was passed in
a. 1858
Q82. Who led conflict of the peasants of Champaran in Bihar in 1917-1918
c. MK Gandhi
Q83. First Bengal Peasants Party and Workers Party was roganised in
a. 1925
Q84. Who encouraged the voluntary institutes of the establishmet of schools and colleges
c. Lord Macaula
Q85. Priority for development of Primary Education in 1882-83 was recommended by
b. Hunter Commission
Q86. When was a Printing Press esablished
b. 1684
Q87. Who removed restrictions imposed upon Indian Press
d. None of the above
Q88. Hindustan Times was started in
b. 1924
Q89.The Economic Policy of the English in known as
b. drain of wealth
Q90. Who was the immediate ruler of Jammu and Kashmir after the Independence of India
a. Hari Singh
Q91. Whihc Session of Congress declared Purna Swaraj to be the sole objective of INC
b. Lahore session 1929
Q92. The only Indian leader who attended all the three Roud Table Conference held in London was
c. Dr Ambedkar
Q93. In 1942, the message ‘Do or Die’ came from
c. MK Gandhi
Q94. Who gave the call for ‘Direct Action Day’ on 16th Aug, 1946
d. Muslim League
Q95. Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on
c. 9 Dec, 1946
Q96. Who said, “Every blow on my body will prove a nail in the coffin of the British Empire”
a. Lala Lajpat Rai.
Q97. Who criticised the Govt of India Act 1935 as ‘thoroughly rotten, fundamentally bad, and tottaly unacceptable’
a. Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
Q98. Who was the first Indian Governor General of Free India
a. C Rajagopalachari
Q99. Pakistan attained freedom on
a. 14th Aug, 1947
Q100. Who said, “One religion, one caste and one God for mankind”?
c. Narayan Guru
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