BPSC 2024 — History Questions with Answers
All 30 History previous-year questions from BPSC 2024, each with the correct answer and a full explanation. Practise them as a free, timed mock test with instant scoring.
Practice History as a timed test →- Q1.Freedom Struggle
Which Indian leader for the first time used the 'safety-valve theory' to attack the Moderates in the Congress?
- a)Bipin Chandra Pal
- b)Lala Lajpat Rai
- c)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- d)Dadabhai Naoroji
- Q2.Revolutionary Movement
At which Viceroy was a bomb thrown on the occasion of his state entry into Delhi?
- a)Lord Curzon
- b)Lord Minto
- c)Lord Hardinge
- d)Lord Wavell
- Q3.Modern India Personalities
Who got an opportunity to become Professor of Indian Philosophy in the University of California in 1911?
- a)Sohan Singh Bhakna
- b)Virendranath Chattopadhyay
- c)Har Dayal
- d)Shyamji Krishna Varma
- Q4.Communalism
Name the Principal of M.A.O. College, Aligarh, who encouraged Muslim Communalism in the last decades of the 19th Century?
- a)Dunlop Smith
- b)Minto
- c)William Morris
- d)Theodore Beck
- Q5.Freedom Struggle
'The Young India', a Nationalist paper, was started by
- a)Annie Besant
- b)Mahatma Gandhi
- c)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- d)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- Q6.Modern India — National Movement
Which Commission accentuated the discontent in all the political groups and parties for not associating any Indian member in it?
- a)Welby Commission
- b)Cripps Mission
- c)Simon Commission
- d)Cabinet Mission
- Q7.Modern India — National Movement
Who assumed the command of the Indian National Army and gave famous battle cry, 'Chalo Delhi'?
- a)Rash Behari Bose
- b)Mohan Singh
- c)Shah Nawaz Khan
- d)Subhash Chandra Bose
- Q8.Modern India — National Movement
"We shall either free India or die in the attempt …" who said it?
- a)Jawaharlal Nehru
- b)Mahatma Gandhi
- c)Abul Kalam Azad
- d)V.D. Savarkar
- Q9.Modern India — National Movement
Who raised the cry "Divide and Quit"?
- a)M.A. Ansari
- b)M.A. Jinnah
- c)Jawaharlal Nehru
- d)Muhammad Iqbal
- Q10.Modern India — Constitutional Development
Which Act provided for the partition of India into two new dominions - India and Pakistan?
- a)Govt. of India Act, 1919
- b)Govt. of India Act, 1935
- c)Indian Independence Act, 1947
- d)None of the above
- Q11.Bihar in Freedom Struggle
Which Congress leader visited Bihar in 1918 in order to strengthen the activities of Home Rule League?
- a)B.G. Tilak
- b)Annie Besant
- c)Mahatma Gandhi
- d)M.A. Ansari
- Q12.Bihar in Freedom Struggle
Champaran Agrarian Committee was appointed in agreement between :
- a)Indian Government and Gandhiji
- b)Indian Government and Raj Kumar Shukla
- c)Indian Government and Rajendra Prasad
- d)Indian Government and Anugraha Narayan Singh
- Q13.Bihar in Freedom Struggle
Who was the prominent leader of Kisan Sabha movement in Bihar?
- a)Raj Kumar Shukla
- b)Sahajanand Saraswati
- c)Acharya Narendra Dev
- d)Baba Ram Chandra
- Q14.Bihar in Freedom Struggle
Who was murdered while hoisting the national flag under the area of Bikram Police Station?
- a)Raghunath Singh of Gorakhari
- b)Ram Narain of Bikrampur
- c)Satyendra of Gorakhari
- d)None of the above
- Q15.Bihar in Freedom Struggle
Who became Chief Minister of Bihar in March 1939?
- a)Anugraha Narain Singh
- b)Rajendra Prasad
- c)Shri Krishna Singh
- d)None of the above
- Q16.Ancient India — Historical Geography
Match List I with List II. List-I (Places in Ancient India): a) Karnasuvarna b) Pragjyotish c) Girnar d) Pratishthan. List-II (Presently in which State): 1) Maharashtra 2) Gujarat 3) West Bengal 4) Assam. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- a)a-4 b-3 c-1 d-2
- b)a-3 b-4 c-2 d-1
- c)a-3 b-2 c-4 d-1
- d)a-4 b-2 c-1 d-3
- Q17.Ancient India — Vedic Age
Which one of the following is not related to the Rigvedic period?
- a)Ghosha
- b)Gargi
- c)Apala
- d)Vishvavara
- Q18.Ancient India — Mauryas & Later Dynasties
Match List I with List II. List-I (Event/Place): a) Chola Gangam Lake b) Appointment of Dharma Mahamatra c) Assembly at Prayag d) Sudarshan Lake. List-II (Connected with Person): 1) Chandragupta Maurya 2) Harshavardhan 3) Rajendra I 4) Ashoka. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- a)a-3 b-4 c-2 d-1
- b)a-1 b-4 c-2 d-3
- c)a-3 b-4 c-1 d-2
- d)a-2 b-3 c-1 d-4
- Q19.Ancient India — Dynasties
Who among the following rulers, ruled for the maximum period?
- a)Alauddin Khilji
- b)Muhammad bin Tughluq
- c)Bahlol Lodi
- d)Balban
- Q20.Ancient India — Dynasties
Consider the following dynasties of Ancient India: 1) Shunga 2) Maurya 3) Kushana 4) Kanva. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of their rule?
- a)2-1-4-3
- b)1-2-3-4
- c)2-3-1-4
- d)2-1-3-4
- Q21.Medieval India — Bhakti Literature
Which one of the following is not written by Tulsidas?
- a)Geetavali
- b)Vinay Patrika
- c)Sahitya Lahari
- d)Kavitavali
- Q22.Medieval India — Architecture
Match List I with List II. List-I (Building): a) Kabuli Bagh Mosque b) Adhai Din Ka Jhopra c) Allahabad Fort d) Itmad-ud-Daulah Mausoleum. List-II (Built by): 1) Qutb ud-Din Aibak 2) Nur Jahan 3) Akbar 4) Babar. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- a)a-4 b-1 c-3 d-2
- b)a-2 b-1 c-4 d-3
- c)a-4 b-1 c-2 d-3
- d)a-1 b-4 c-3 d-2
- Q23.History — Person Association
Which one of the following is not correctly matched? (Person - Associated with)
- a)James Augustus Hicky - Calcutta Chronicle
- b)Dayananda Saraswati - Satyarth Prakash
- c)Ramaswamy Naicker - Justice Party
- d)Jyotirao Phule - Satyashodhak Samaj
- Q24.Medieval India — Mughals
Match List I with List II. List-I (Father): a) Babar b) Akbar c) Shah Jahan d) Jahangir. List-II (Son): 1) Salim 2) Khusrau 3) Kamran 4) Murad. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- a)a-4 b-1 c-3 d-2
- b)a-3 b-1 c-4 d-2
- c)a-3 b-1 c-2 d-4
- d)a-4 b-2 c-3 d-1
- Q25.Ancient India — Buddhism
Which Buddhist council was not held in Bihar?
- a)First
- b)Second
- c)Third
- d)Fourth
- Q26.Modern India — National Movement
Which of the following statements about Subhas Chandra Bose are correct? 1) He was elected President of the Indian National Congress at Tripuri session of 1938 A.D. 2) He escaped from home internment in January 1941 A.D. 3) On October 21st 1943 A.D. he constituted the Provisional Government of India in Singapore.
- a)Only 1 and 2
- b)Only 2 and 3
- c)Only 1 and 3
- d)1, 2 and 3
- Q27.Ancient India — Education
Who among the following was not an Acharya in The Nalanda Vishvavidyalaya?
- a)Nagarjuna
- b)Kautilya
- c)Sheelbhadra
- d)Shantirakshit
- Q28.Modern India — Colonial Events
Consider the following events of Modern Indian History - 1) Death sentence to Raja Nand Kumar 2) Treaty of Salbai 3) Battle of Wandiwash 4) Death of Tipu Sultan. Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the above events?
- a)2-3-4-1
- b)3-1-2-4
- c)2-4-1-3
- d)3-2-1-4
- Q29.Bihar History — Press
Among the following Newspapers of Bihar, which was the first one to get published?
- a)Bihar Bandhu
- b)Patna Harkara
- c)Akhbar-E-Bihar
- d)Bihar Herald
- Q30.Bihar in Freedom Struggle
Match List I with List II. List-I (Event/Organisation): a) Champaran Satyagrah b) Azad Dasta c) Individual Satyagrah in Bihar 1940 d) Kisan Sabha Bihar. List-II (Related Person): 1) Jayaprakash Narayan 2) Shyam Narayan Singh 3) Sahajanand Saraswati 4) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- a)a-4 b-2 c-3 d-1
- b)a-2 b-3 c-1 d-4
- c)a-1 b-4 c-3 d-2
- d)a-4 b-1 c-2 d-3
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