APSC Prelim 2018 GS Paper – Analysis of History, Art & Culture Section Questions

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APSC Prelim 2018 GS Paper – History, Art & Culture Section Questions Analysis

 

History and Art & Culture are very important sections in any General Studies papers and in APSC GS Paper too, a significant number of Questions are asked from these sections. So, analyzing the previous years Qs from these section can be very helpful to understand Focus Areas to study more extensively.

 

Q2. Match list-1 with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists

Lists – 1                                                                Lists- 2

a. Famines in India                                      1. Dadabhai Naoroji

b. Poverty and unBritish rule in India    2. MG Ranade

c. The Industrial Evolution of India        3. B M Bhatia

d. Essays on Indian Economics              4. D R Gadgil

  1. a 3 b 4 c 1 d 2
  2. a 3 b 1 c 4 d 2
  3. a 2 b 4 c 3 d 1
  4. a 2 b 3 c 4 d 1

Focus Areas: Important books on Indian History

Q3. In India, the Zamindari system was first introduced in

  1. Bengal
  2. Madras
  3. Bombay
  4. Delhi

Focus Areas: British Administration

Q49. Which one of the following is a profusely illustrated treatise on elephants, date 1734?

  1. Chitra-Bhagavata
  2. Hastividyarnava
  3. Kadambari
  4. Parijatharan

Focus Areas: Important books on Indian History

Q50. Which one of the following scholars is believed to have written the Panchatantra stories?

  1. Vishnu Sharma
  2. Bhattadeva
  3. Suchruta
  4. Chaitanya

Focus Areas: Important books on Indian History

Q52. Which artist made the famous painting ‘Guernica’ in 1937?

  1. Michelangelo
  2. Pablo Picasso
  3. Pablo Neruda
  4. Salvador Dali

Focus Areas: World Famous Arts/ Paintings

Q53. Lai Haraoba is an important festival of

  1. Mizoram
  2. Meghalaya
  3. Manipur
  4. Tripura

Focus Areas: Festivals of India

Q54. The largest Buddhist monastery in India is located in

  1. Sanchi
  2. Bodhgaya
  3. Nalanda
  4. Tawang

Focus Areas: Important Religious monuments

Q55. Ima Keithel is the largest

  1. freshwater lake in Maniour
  2. Association of Manipuri mothers
  3. Association of Naga mothers
  4. All-women market in Manipur

Focus Areas: GK

Q57. The Cheraw dance is a dance form of

  1. Meghalaya
  2. Sikkim
  3. Puducherry
  4. Mizoram

Focus Areas: Important dances

Q58. Therukoothu is an art form of

  1. Telengana
  2. Kerala
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Maharashtra

Focus Areas: Important Folk Arts

Q59.Who wrote the book, We, the People?

  1. J R D Tata
  2. Mahatma
  3. Gandhi
  4. Nani Palkhivala

Focus Areas: Important books

Q60. Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Academy Award for English Literature?

  1. Nayantara Sehgal
  2. R K Narayan
  3. Raja Rao
  4. Mulk Raj Anand

Focus Areas: GK Awards

Q61. Which of following is not a poetic tradition?

  1. The Epic
  2. The Occult
  3. Tea Tragic
  4. The Comic

Focus Areas: Literature

Q62. Renaissance is a/an

  1. Italian word
  2. Spanish word
  3. Greek word
  4. French word

Focus Areas: Important History Terms/events

Q63. The Room on the Roof was written by

  1. Ruskin Bond
  2. Virginia Woolf
  3. Thomas Hardy
  4. George Orwell

Focus Areas: GK Important Books

Q64. How many Ghosas are there in the Nama Ghosa?

  1. 500
  2. 1000
  3. 1500
  4. 2000

Focus Areas: Historical/religious Literature

Q65. Which language was used by Sankardeva for composing Ankia Nat?

  1. Pali
  2. Brajavali
  3. Prakrit
  4. Apabhrangsha

Focus Areas: Historical/religious Literature

Q66. Which of the following was the first Ankia Nat written by Sankardeva?

  1. Patniprasad
  2. Chinhayatra
  3. Rukminiharan
  4. Kaliyadaman

Focus Areas: Historical/religious Literature

Q67. Who is known as the father of Assamese prose?

  1. Ratnakar Kandali
  2. Bhattadeva
  3. Sarbavauma Bhattacharrya
  4. Gopal Aata

Focus Areas: Literature of Assam

Q68. Which century witnessed the growth and development of the Charit Puthi’?

  1. 14th Century
  2. 15th Century
  3. 16th Century
  4. 17th Century

Focus Areas: Historical/religious Literature

Q69. The Buranji written by Ratna Kandali and Arjun Das Bairagee was

  1. Tripura Buranji
  2. Kachari Buranji
  3. Axom Buranji
  4. Kamrup Buranji

Focus Areas: Historical/religious Literature

Q70. Who was the first editor of Jonaki?

  1. Lakshminath Bezbaruah
  2. Chandra Kumar Agarwalla
  3. Hemchandra Goswami
  4. Ratneswar Mahanta

Focus Areas: Literature of Assam

Q71. The novel Astarag is authored by

  1. Nirupama Borgohain
  2. Chandra Prasad Saikia
  3. Homen Borgohain
  4. Nirod choudhury

Focus Areas: Literature of Assam

Q72. Aahar, as Assamese drama, written by Arun Sharma is a/an

  1. social drama
  2. historical drama
  3. absurd drama
  4. none of the above

Focus Areas: Literature of Assam

Q73. Who among the following was the first recipient of the Assam Valley Literary Award?

  1. Homen Borgohain
  2. Nobakanta Barua
  3. Bhabendra Nath Saikia
  4. Nilamoni Phukan

Focus Areas: GK Awards

Q89. Which one was not the principal item of export in the 17th century Indian trade?

  1. Pepper
  2. Opium
  3. Ivory
  4. Sugar

Focus Areas: Trades in Historical Times

Q90. Who founded the Home Rule League in September 1916?

  1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  2. Bipin Chandra Pal
  3. Lala Lajpat Rai
  4. Annie Besant

Focus Areas: Modern History – Important League/Associations

Q91. Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed in the year?

  1. 1931
  2. 1925
  3. 1929
  4. 1932

Focus Areas: Modern History – Important Pacts/Treaty

Q92. Hayungthal Copper Plate was issued by

  1. Bhaskar Varman
  2. Susthita Varman
  3. Banamala Varman
  4. Harjjar Varman

Focus Areas:  Inscriptions

Q93. Who was the founder of Pala Dynasty?

  1. Brahmapala
  2. Viradutta
  3. Indrapala
  4. Dharmapala

Grace mark provided for this Qs

Gopala, a local chieftain rose to power as the emperor of Gauda and founded the Pala Dynasty in 750 CE.

Focus Areas: Dynasties and Founders