UPPSC 2018 — History Questions with Answers
All 21 History previous-year questions from UPPSC 2018, 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.Ancient India
Which of the following rulers does NOT belong to the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty?
- a)Mahendrapal-I
- b)Devapal
- c)Bharatrabhatta-I
- d)Nagabhatta-I
Explanation: Mahendrapal-I, Devapal, and Nagabhatta-I are prominent rulers belonging to the main line of the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty. Bharatrabhatta-I was a ruler from the Guhila dynasty of Mewar.
- Q2.Modern India
Which of the following elections of the Central Legislative Assembly were conducted under the framework of the Government of India Act, 1919?
- a)1 only
- b)1 and 2 only
- c)1 and 3 only
- d)1, 2 and 3
Explanation: Because the federal part of the Government of India Act 1935 was never implemented as the princely states refused to join, the general elections to the Central Legislature in both 1926 and 1945 were executed under the older 1919 Act provisions.
- Q3.Ancient India
Evidence of a ploughed field has been found at which of the following Indus Valley Civilization sites?
- a)Lothal
- b)Kalibangan
- c)Ropar
- d)Harappa
Explanation: Kalibangan, located in the Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan, revealed evidence of the earliest ploughed agricultural field dating back to the pre-Harappan phase.
- Q4.Modern India
With reference to the history of India, 'Ulgulan' or the Great Tumult is the description of which of the following events?
- a)1 only
- b)2 only
- c)Both 1 and 2
- d)Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation: 'Ulgulan' (Great Tumult) refers to the tribal uprising led by Birsa Munda in 1899-1900 against British rule and exploitative landlordism in the Chhotanagpur region.
- Q5.Ancient India
With reference to the history of India, the terms 'kulyavapa' and 'dronavapa' denote which of the following?
- a)1 only
- b)2 only
- c)Both 1 and 2
- d)Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation: 'Kulyavapa' and 'dronavapa' were units for measuring land, found in inscriptions of the Gupta period in Bengal, defined by the amount of seed sown on the land.
- Q6.Modern India
He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shrikrishna; stayed in America for some time; and was also elected to the Central Assembly. He was:
- a)1 only
- b)2 only
- c)Both 1 and 2
- d)Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation: Lala Lajpat Rai wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shrikrishna, spent time in the USA founding the Indian Home Rule League of America, and was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly.
- Q7.Modern India
Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha?
- a)Active all-India participation of lawyers, students and women in the National Movement
- b)Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of India in the National Movement
- c)Joining of peasant unrest to India's National Movement
- d)Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops and commercial crops
Explanation: The Champaran Satyagraha (1917) was Gandhi's first major civil disobedience in India and is significant for linking the grievances of indigo peasants to the broader national movement.
- Q8.Ancient India
With reference to the difference between the culture of Rigvedic Aryans and Indus Valley people, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Rigvedic Aryans used the coat of mail and helmet in warfare whereas the people of Indus Valley Civilization did not leave any evidence of using them. 2. Rigvedic Aryans knew gold, silver and copper whereas Indus Valley people knew only copper and iron. 3. Rigvedic Aryans had domesticated the horse whereas there is no evidence of Indus Valley people having been aware of this animal.
- a)1 only
- b)2 and 3 only
- c)1 and 3 only
- d)1, 2 and 3
Explanation: Statements 1 and 3 are correct. Statement 2 is wrong because the Indus Valley people did not know iron (the Iron Age came later) — they knew copper, bronze, gold and silver.
- Q9.Tribal & Peasant Movements
After the Santhal Uprising subsided, what was/were the measure/measures taken by the colonial government? 1. The territories called 'Santhal Paraganas' were created. 2. It became illegal for a Santhal to transfer land to a non-Santhal. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- a)1 only
- b)2 only
- c)Both 1 and 2
- d)Neither 1 nor 2
- Q10.Colonial Economy
Economically, one of the results of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the
- a)increase in the export of Indian handicrafts
- b)growth in the number of Indian owned factories
- c)commercialization of Indian agriculture
- d)rapid increase in the urban population
- Q11.East India Company
The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were
- a)Raw cotton, oil-seeds and opium
- b)Sugar, salt, zinc and lead
- c)Copper, silver, gold, spices and tea
- d)Cotton, silk, saltpetre and opium
- Q12.Gandhian Movements
Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha?
- a)Active all-India participation of lawyers, students and women in the National Movement
- b)Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of India in the National Movement
- c)Joining of peasant unrest to India's National Movement
- d)Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops and commercial crops
- Q13.Labour & Trade Union Movement
Who among the following were the founders of the "Hind Mazdoor Sabha" established in 1948?
- a)B. Krishna Pillai, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and K.C. George
- b)Jayaprakash Narayan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay and M.N. Roy
- c)C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer, K. Kamaraj and Veeresalingam Pantulu
- d)Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam and G.G. Mehta
- Q14.Foreign Travellers
Which one of the following foreign travellers elaborately discussed about diamonds and diamond mines of India?
- a)Francois Bernier
- b)Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
- c)Jean de Thevenot
- d)Abbe Barthelemy Carre
- Q15.Buddhism
With reference to Indian history, who among the following is a future Buddha, yet to come to save the world?
- a)Avalokiteshvara
- b)Lokesvara
- c)Maitreya
- d)Padmapani
- Q16.British Expansion
Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley?
- a)To maintain a large standing army at other's expense
- b)To keep India safe from Napoleonic danger
- c)To secure a fixed income for the Company
- d)To establish British paramountcy over the Indian States
- Q17.Education Policy
Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India? 1. Charter Act of 1813 2. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823 3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- a)1 and 2 only
- b)2 only
- c)1 and 3 only
- d)1, 2 and 3
- Q18.National Movement
In 1920, which of the following changed its name to "Swarajya Sabha"?
- a)All India Home Rule League
- b)Hindu Mahasabha
- c)South Indian Liberal Federation
- d)The Servants of India Society
- Q19.Socio-Religious Reform & Literature
Which among the following events happened earliest?
- a)Swami Dayanand established Arya Samaj.
- b)Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan.
- c)Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath.
- d)Satyendranath Tagore became the first Indian to succeed in the Indian Civil Services Examination.
- Q20.Colonial Education
With reference to educational institutions during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs: Institution Founder 1. Sanskrit College at Benaras — William Jones 2. Calcutta Madarsa — Warren Hastings 3. Fort William College — Arthur Wellesley Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?
- a)1 and 2
- b)2 only
- c)1 and 3
- d)3 only
- Q21.Post-Independence India
Consider the following events: 1. The first democratically elected communist party government formed in a State in India. 2. India's then largest bank, 'Imperial Bank of India', was renamed 'State Bank of India'. 3. Air India was nationalised and became the national carrier. 4. Goa became a part of independent India. Which of the following is correct, chronological sequence of the above events?
- a)4-1-2-3
- b)3-2-1-4
- c)4-2-1-3
- d)3-1-2-4
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