OPSC ASO History question

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History Question asked in OPSC ASO 2021

1.”ekam sat, vipraha bahudha vadanti” comes from the:

a) Mahabharata (b) Ramayana

c) Vedas (d) Brahmanas

2. Which ruler was known as ‘but shikan’?

(A) Alauddin Khalji (B) Sikandar Shah Miri

3. Clause 43 of the Charter Act of 1813 of the British Parliament concerned

a) Law and Order situation in India

b) Education in India

c) Foreign policy and trade relations in India

d) Initiation of Indian Renaissance

4. For colonial times in India, which of the following sequences is in proper order, from the lowest to the highest?

a) Munsif’s Court, Sadr Amin’s Court, Zilla Court, Sadr Diwani Adalat

b) Sadr Diwani Adalat, Munsif’s Court, Zilla Court, Sadr Amin’s Court

c) Munsif’s Court, Zilla Court, Sadr Amin’s Court, Sadr Diwani Adalat

d) Sadr Diwani Adalat, Sadr Amin’s Court, Zilla Court, Munsif’s Court

5. Bhangi was a clan that ruled over a part of:

a) Dakhan (b) Rohilkhand

c) Kaveri Delta (d) Punjab

6. Which of the combination is correct ?

a) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the editor of the Pratap; Vinayak Damodar Savarkar founded the National Herald: Jawaharlal Nehru founded the Free India Society; Madan Mohan Malviya was the Chairman of the Hindustan Times; Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi worte the Hind Swaraj.

b) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi wrote the Hind Swaraj; Vinayak Damodar Savarkar founded the Free India Society; Jawaharlal Nehru founded the National Herald; Madan Mohan Malviya was the Chairman of the Hindustan Times Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was the editor of the Pratap

c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi wrote the Hind Swaraj; Vinayak Damodar Savarkar founded the Free India Society; Jawaharlal Nehru founded the National Herald; Madan Mohan Malviya was the editor of the Pratap; Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi was the Chairman of the Hindustan Times.

d) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi wrote the Hind Swaraj; Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was the editor of the Pratap; Jawaharlal Nehru founded the National Herald; Madan Mohan Malviya was the Chairman of the Hindustan Times; Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi founded the Free India Society

History Question asked in OPSC ASO 2018

1. Which battle did put an end to the French Challenge to British Supremacy in India

a) Battle of Seringapatam (b) Battle of Plassey

c) Battle of Buxar (d) Battle of Wandiwash

2. Which is not correct?

(a) Odisha was conquered by the British in 1803

(b) Odisha was ruled by the Marathas at the time of conquest

c) Odisha was ceded to the East India Company by the Treaty of Argao

d) Odisha’s conquest was effected by Richard Wellesley.

3. Which Act did introduce the principles of elections?

(a) Indian Councils Act 1892 (b) Indian Councils Act 1909

4. Where was the Revolt of 1857 Kindled?

(a) Delhi (b) Meerut

5. Where was the headquarters Ghadar Party established?

(a) Vancouver (b) San Francisco

6. When did Gandhiji address a public meeting at Cuttack during the Non-Cooperation Movement?

(a) January 24, 1921 (b) March 23, 1921

7. When did Gandhiji break the salt law at Dandi?

(a) March 12, 1930 (b) March 16, 1930

8. Where did Subhas Chandra Bose establish the Provisional Government of Free India?

(a) Tokyo (b) Singapore

History Question asked in OPSC ASO 2025

1. The Ilbert Bill Controversy took place during the tenure of which Viceroy of British India ?

(a) Lord Lytton (b) Lord Ripon

2. Which of the following historical structures and their new names are wrongly paired?

1. Fort William — Nehru Durg
2. Kitchener — Manekshaw House
3.House Fort St. David — Vijay Durg
4. St. George’s Gate — Shivaji Gate

(a) 1 and 4 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 4

3. Which one of the following is NOT correct?

(A) First Governor-General of Fort William was Warren Hastings

(B) First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in British India was Elijah Impey

(D) First Viceroy as well as the Governor-General of India was Lord Canning

4. On which date ‘Poorna Swaraj’ declared as the goal of the Indian National Congress?

(A) 26 January 1930 (B) 12 March 1930

5. Who founded the Central National Mohammedan Association (1877-78)?

(A) Abdul Latif Khan (B) Sayyid Ahmed Khan

6. Match the following :

List – I List – II

i. Communist Party of India ———- a. N. M. Joshi

ii. Servants of the People Society —– b. Qazi Nazrul Islam

iii. Indian Trade Union Congress —- c. Lala Lajpat Rai

iv. Labour Swaraj Party ————- d. M. N. Roy

(A) i-c, ii – d, iii -b, iv- a

(B) i-a, ii – b, iii – c, iv- d

(D) i-c, ii – d, iii – a, iv -b

7. Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?

“Hindu” was founded by G. Subramania Iyer

“Young India” was published by Mahatma Gandhi

“Bombay Times” was founded by Sanjibani ‘Amrita

“Bazar Patrika” was founded by Sisir Kumar Ghosh

8. Which one of the following storm-centres of the Revolt of 1857 is wrongly matched?

(A) Revolt at Kanpur – Nana Sahib

(B) Revolt at Jagdishpur – Kunwar Singh

(D) Revolt at Jhansi – Rani Lakshmibai

9. Which one of the following Acts is wrongly matched

The First Factory Act – 1881

The Royal Titles Act – 1876

Repeal of the Vernacular Press Act – 1878

Calcutta Corporation Act – 1899

10. Who among the following was NOT associated with the Labour Swaraj Party (1925)?

(A) Muzaffar Ahmed

(B) Qazi Nazrul Islam

(D) S. A. Dange

11. Which of the following statements about Lala Lajpat Rai are true?

i. He was reverentially remembered by Indian as ‘Uncrowned King of India’.

ii. He was a fearless journalist and founded and edited ‘The Punjabee’.

iii. He was also edited the Quarterly Journal of the ‘Poona Sarvajanik Sabha’.

iv. He had the fighting spirit and pride in his Motherland characteristic of a true Arya Samajist.

(A) i and ii (B) ii and iii

12. In which region was the ‘Ryotwari System’ primarily implemented?

(A) Bengal Presidency

(B) Central Provinces

(D) North-Western Provinces and Oudh