WBCS MAIN 2014 P-3 HISTORY MCQ
WBCS MAIN 2014 P-3 HISTORY One Liner Questions
TOPIC 1: ANCIENT INDIA
(Questions 1-17)
1. At which place has the largest belt of painted rock shelters of the prehistoric period been found? – Bhimbetka
2. Who prescribed official stamping of weights and measures and their periodical inspection? – Brihaspati
3. From which script did the Kharosthi script derive? – Aramaic
4. Which class is conspicuous by its absence from Megasthenes’ list of seven classes? – Philosophers
5. What were the gold coins of the Gupta dynasty known as? – Dinara
6. What was the language of the Jaina religious texts? – Prakrit
7. Which source states that Srinagar was built by Asoka? – Rajatarangini
8. The Rummindei pillar of Ashoka was erected to mark which event in Buddha’s life? – Birth
9. The name of our motherland ‘Bharata’ was first mentioned in which text? – Vayu Purana
10. From what source do we know about the Bactrian Greeks? – Coins
11. Who introduced gold coins in India? – The Kushanas
12. Who was Menander (Milinda)? – A Bactrian Greek King
13. Who wrote Milindapanha? – Nagasena
14. Which Sultan of Bengal built madrasas in Mecca and Medina? – Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
15. Which general of Aurangzeb conquered the Ahom kingdom in the east? – Mir Jumla
16. Which work was NOT written by Amir Khusrau? – Tuzuk-i-Timuri
17. Vallabhacharya was the most distinguished preacher of which cult? – Krishna Cult
TOPIC 2: MEDIEVAL INDIA
(Questions 18-19)
18. Janamsakhi is the biography of which Guru? – Guru Nanak
19. Who translated the Atharvaveda into Persian during the Mughal period? – Haji Ibrahim Sarhindi
TOPIC 3: MODERN INDIA (BRITISH ADMINISTRATION & ECONOMIC IMPACT)
(Questions 20-22)
20. Who announced Queen Victoria as the Crown of India? – Lord Lytton
21. Who was the last Governor-General of India? – C. Rajagopalachari
22. Which town was chosen as the headquarters of the Wahabi Movement in 1826? – Peshawar
TOPIC 4: MODERN INDIA (SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM & EARLY RESISTANCE)
(Questions 23-26)
23. Vidyasagar has been described as a “Traditional Moderniser” by which historian? – Amalesh Tripathi
24. Who founded the ‘Swadeshi Bhandar’ in 1897? – Sarala Devi
25. Where was the ‘Gadar Party’ founded in 1913? – San Francisco
26. Who was the chief advisor and confidant of Syed Ahmad Khan? – W.W. Hunter
TOPIC 5: MODERN INDIA (FREEDOM STRUGGLE & INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS)
(Questions 27-50)
27. Who founded the Independent Labour Party in 1936? – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
28. Who was the first Indian woman to become President of the Indian National Congress? – Sarojini Naidu
29. What was Gandhi’s first venture in all-India politics? – Rowlatt Satyagraha
30. Who organized the defence in the trial of INA officers? – Bhulabhai Desai
31. Where did the Indian National Army (INA) come into existence in 1943? – Singapore
32. Who gave the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’? – Hasrat Mohani
33. Who led the peasant movement in Oudh during the Non-cooperation Movement? – Baba Ramchandra
34. Which British parliamentarian admitted that the Revolt of 1857 was ‘a national revolt’? – Disraeli
35. What was the primary aim of the Akali movement in the 1920s? – To streamline the management of gurudwaras
36. What was NOT included in the Nehru Committee Report of 1929? – It proposed a Federal structure for India
37. When was the All-India Kisan Sabha formed? – 1936
38. Which was the first free university in India, independent of government grants? – Vishva Bharati, Shantiniketan
39. Who did the Tribune of Lahore refer to as a “hero and martyr”? – Jatindra Nath Das
40. With which organizations did the Justice Party movement in Madras merge? – Both Self Respect League and Dravida Kazhagam
41. Arrange in chronological order: Nagpur Session of Congress, Death of Tilak, Moplah Uprising, Inauguration of Visva Bharati – Nagpur Session (1920), Death of Tilak (1920), Moplah Uprising (1921), Visva Bharati (1921) – (2, 1, 3, 4)
42. In how many days were the transfer of power and partition of India hurried through? – 72 days
43. Whom did B.G. Tilak call ‘the Diamond of India’? – Gopal Krishna Gokhale
44. Who was the first tribal leader inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and his ideology? – Alluri Sitaram Raju
45. Who was the editor of the newspaper ‘The Hindu’? – S. Subramania
46. For which satyagraha did Gandhi give the title ‘Sardar’ to Vallabhbhai Patel? – Bardoli Satyagraha
47. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress? – Rahimulla Sayani
48. Which is the correct pair? – Malavya and Jayakar
49. Which section remained at a distance during the Swadeshi Movement of 1905? – Peasantry
50. Who said on Gandhiji’s death, “The light has gone out of our lives”? – Jawaharlal Nehru
TOPIC-WISE SUMMARY
| Topic | Question Numbers |
|---|---|
| Topic 1: Ancient India | 1-17 |
| Topic 2: Medieval India | 18-19 |
| Topic 3: Modern India (British Administration & Economic Impact) | 20-22 |
| Topic 4: Modern India (Socio-Religious Reform & Early Resistance) | 23-26 |
| Topic 5: Modern India (Freedom Struggle & Indian National Congress) | 27-50 |
WBCS MAIN 2014 P-3 HISTORY MCQ
TOPIC 1: ANCIENT INDIA
(Questions 1-17)
1. At which of the following places has the largest belt of painted rock shelter of pre-historic period been found?
A) Bhaja
B) Bhimbetka
C) Bagor
D) Ajanta
Answer: B) Bhimbetka
2. Official stamping of weights and measures and their periodical inspection are prescribed by
A) Manu
B) Narada
C) Brihaspati
D) Parasara
Answer: C) Brihaspati
3. The Kharosthi script derived from
A) Pictographs
B) Aramaic
C) Sanskrit
D) Brahmi
Answer: B) Aramaic
4. Name the class which is conspicuous by its absence from the list of seven classes given by Megasthenes
A) Artisans
B) Traders
C) Cultivators
D) Philosophers
Answer: D) Philosophers
5. The Gold coins of the Gupta dynasty were known as
A) Satanam
B) Dinara
C) Muhara
D) Varaha
Answer: B) Dinara
6. The language of the Jaina religious text was
A) Sanskrit
B) Pali
C) Prakrit
D) Bengali
Answer: C) Prakrit
7. Which of the following sources states that Srinagar was built by Asoka?
A) Divyavadana
B) Rajtarangini
C) Taranath’s History of Tibet
D) Mahavamsa
Answer: B) Rajtarangini
8. Rummindeii pillar of Asoka is put up to mark Buddha’s
A) Birth
B) Enlightenment
C) First Sermon
D) Death
Answer: A) Birth
9. The name of our motherland ‘Bharata’ was first mentioned in
A) Vishnu Purana
B) Vayu Purana
C) Markendaya Purana
D) Matsya Purana
Answer: B) Vayu Purana
10. We know about the Bactrian Greeks only from
A) Inscriptions
B) Coins
C) Manuscripts
D) Relics
Answer: B) Coins
11. Who introduced Gold Coins in India?
A) The Mauryas
B) The Kushanas
C) The Greeks
D) The Cholas
Answer: B) The Kushanas
12. Who was Minandar?
A) A Parthian king
B) A Bactrian Greek King
C) A Saka King
D) None of the above
Answer: B) A Bactrian Greek King
13. Who wrote Milindapanha?
A) Asvaghosha
B) Nagarjuna
C) Basumitra
D) Nagasena
Answer: D) Nagasena
14. Which Sultan of Bengal built Madrasas in Mecca & Madina?
A) Shamsuddin Ilius Shah
B) Shekander Shah
C) Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
D) Rukumuddin Barbak Shah
Answer: C) Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
15. Which General of Aurangzeb conquered Ahom kingdom in the East India?
A) Jai Singh
B) Josowant Singh
C) Sayesta Khan
D) Mir Jumla
Answer: D) Mir Jumla
16. Which of the following work was not done by Amir Khusru?
A) Dewal Rani Khizr Khan
B) Nuh Sipihr
C) Qiran us Saadain
D) Tuzuk-i-Timuri
Answer: D) Tuzuk-i-Timuri
17. Vallabhacharya was the most distinguished preacher of the
A) Shaiva Cult
B) Shakti Cult
C) Balaram Cult
D) Krishna Cult
Answer: D) Krishna Cult
TOPIC 2: MEDIEVAL INDIA
(Questions 18-19)
18. Janamsakhi is the biography of
A) Guru Nanak
B) Guru Arjundeva
C) Guru Hargobind Sing
D) Guru Tegbahadur
Answer: A) Guru Nanak
19. Who translated Atharvaveda into Persian during the Mughal period?
A) Abdul Hamid Lahori
B) Haji Ibrahim Sarhindi
C) Khafi Khan
D) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
Answer: B) Haji Ibrahim Sarhindi
TOPIC 3: MODERN INDIA (BRITISH ADMINISTRATION & ECONOMIC IMPACT)
(Questions 20-22)
20. Who announced Queen Victoria as the Crown of India?
A) Lord Wellesley
B) Lord Cornwallis
C) Lord Lytton
D) Lord Hastings
Answer: C) Lord Lytton
21. Who was the last Governor-General in India?
A) Lord William Bentinck
B) Lord Canning
C) Lord Mountbatten
D) C. Rajagopalachari
Answer: D) C. Rajagopalachari
22. Which of the following towns was chosen as the headquarter of the Wahabi Movement in 1826?
A) Kandahar
B) Quetta
C) Peshawar
D) Charsadda
Answer: C) Peshawar
TOPIC 4: MODERN INDIA (SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM & EARLY RESISTANCE)
(Questions 23-26)
23. Vidyasagar has been described as “Traditional Moderniser” by historian
A) Ramesh Chandra Majumder
B) Binoy Ghosh
C) Amalesh Tripathi
D) Jadunath Sarkar
Answer: C) Amalesh Tripathi
24. Who founded ‘Swadeshi Bhandar’ in 1897?
A) Sarala Devi
B) Rabindranath Tagore
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: A) Sarala Devi
25. ‘Gadar’ party was founded in 1913 at
A) Bombay
B) Punjab
C) Calcutta
D) San Francisco
Answer: D) San Francisco
26. A leading British parliamentarian and politician who admitted that the Revolt of 1857 was ‘a national revolt’ and not a military mutiny was:
A) David George
B) William Hilderband
C) Disraeli
D) George Bingsley
Answer: C) Disraeli
27. The chief advisor and confidant of Syed Ahmad Khan was:
A) W.W. Hunter
B) Theodore Beck
C) Theodore Morison
D) Nassal Lees
Answer: A) W.W. Hunter
TOPIC 5: MODERN INDIA (FREEDOM STRUGGLE & INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS)
(Questions 28-50)
28. Who of the following founded the Independent Labour Party in 1936?
A) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
B) M. C. Rajah
C) Jagjiban Ram
D) Jayaprakash Narayan
Answer: A) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
29. Who was the first Indian woman to become the President of Indian National Congress?
A) Aruna Asaf Ali
B) Sucheta Kripalani
C) Sarojini Naidu
D) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Answer: C) Sarojini Naidu
30. The first venture of Gandhi in all-India politics was the:
A) Dandi March
B) Champaran Movement
C) Rowlatt Satyagraha
D) Non-Cooperation Movement
Answer: C) Rowlatt Satyagraha
31. Who among the following organized the defence in the trial of I.N.A. Officers:
A) Bhulabhai Desai
B) Madan Mohan Malaviya
C) Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew
D) Ganesh Vasudev Malavankar
Answer: A) Bhulabhai Desai
32. The Indian National Army (I.N.A.) came into existence in 1943 in:
A) Singapore
B) Japan
C) Then Barma
D) Then Malaya
Answer: A) Singapore
33. Who gave the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad’?
A) Bhagat Sing
B) Hasrat Mohani
C) S. C. Bose
D) M. K. Gandhi
Answer: B) Hasrat Mohani
34. Who led the peasant movement in Oudh during the Non-cooperation Movement?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Baba Ramchandra
C) Madari pasi
D) Sardar Ballav Bhai Patel
Answer: B) Baba Ramchandra
35. What was the primary aim of the Akali movement which rose in the Punjab in 1920s?
A) To voice the political grievances of the Sikhs
B) To bring about modernization in the Sikh social customs
C) To streamline the management of the gurudwaras or Sikh Shrines
D) To purge Sikhism of its superstitious accretions and irrational incrustations.
Answer: C) To streamline the management of the gurudwaras or Sikh Shrines
36. Which of the following was not included in the Nehru Committee Report of 1929?
A) India should be given Dominion Status
B) Declaration of Fundamental Rights was made
C) Separate Electorate for Muslims was rejected
D) It proposed a Federal structure for India
Answer: D) It proposed a Federal structure for India
37. When was the All-India Kisan Sabha formed?
A) 1991
B) 1920
C) 1928
D) 1936
Answer: D) 1936
38. The first free university in India, completely independent of the Government and receiving no grant from it, was:
A) Vishva Bharati, Shantiniketan
B) Aligarh Muslim University
C) Women’s University, Pune
D) Benaras Hindu University
Answer: A) Vishva Bharati, Shantiniketan
39. Who did the Tribune of Lahore refer to in its observation “If ever a man died a hero and martyr to a noble cause, that man was”?
A) Bhagat Singh
B) Jatindra Nath Das
C) Chandra Sekhar Azad
D) Surya Sen
Answer: B) Jatindra Nath Das
40. The Justice Party movement in Madras merged with the:
A) Self respect League
B) Dravida Kazhagam
C) Both (A) and (B) above
D) Depressed Classes League
Answer: C) Both (A) and (B) above
41. Arrange the following events in chronological order and make the correct choice from the options given below:
- Death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Nagpur session of the Congress
- The Moplah Uprising
- The inauguration of Visva Bharati at Santiniketan
A) 4, 3, 2, 1
B) 3, 4, 2, 1
C) 2, 1, 3, 4
D) 3, 2, 4, 1
Answer: C) 2, 1, 3, 4
42. Both the transfer of power and partition of India were hurried through in how many days:
A) 94
B) 86
C) 72
D) 68
Answer: C) 72
43. Whom did B. G. Tilak call ‘the Diamond of India’?
A) Rabindranath Tagore
B) Dadabhai Naoraji
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
44. The first tribal leader who was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and his ideology was:
A) Jadonang
B) Rani Gaidinliu
C) Alluri Sitaram Raju
D) Thakkar Bapa
Answer: C) Alluri Sitaram Raju
45. The editor of the paper, the Hindu was:
A) S. Subramania
B) Kasturi Ranga Iyengar
C) S. Satyamurti
D) T. K. Madhavan
Answer: A) S. Subramania
46. Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of Sardar to Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organizational skill in:
A) The Kheda Satyagraha
B) The Bardoli Satyagraha
C) The Salt Satyagraha
D) The Individual Satyagraha
Answer: B) The Bardoli Satyagraha
47. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was
A) Ajmal Khan
B) M. A. Jinnah
C) Abul Kalam Azad
D) Rahimulla Sayani
Answer: D) Rahimulla Sayani
48. Which is the correct pair?
A) Malavya and Jayakar
B) Vithalbhai and Malavya
C) Motilal Nehru and Malavya
D) C. R. Das and Motilal Nehru
Answer: A) Malavya and Jayakar
49. Which of the following sections remained at a distance during Swadeshi Movement of 1905?
A) Women
B) Peasantry
C) Students
D) Intelligentsia
Answer: B) Peasantry
50. Who said on Gandhiji’s death “The light has gone out of our lives”?
A) J. L. Nehru
B) Rajendra Prasad
C) S. Radha Krishnan
D) Bidhan Chandra Roy
Answer: A) J. L. Nehru
TOPIC-WISE SUMMARY
| Topic | Question Numbers |
|---|---|
| Topic 1: Ancient India | 1-17 |
| Topic 2: Medieval India | 18-19 |
| Topic 3: Modern India (British Administration & Economic Impact) | 20-22 |
| Topic 4: Modern India (Socio-Religious Reform & Early Resistance) | 23-27 |
| Topic 5: Modern India (Freedom Struggle & Indian National Congress) | 28-50 |