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The following is the collection of BPSC Previous Years Questions of History which are very important for the BPSC Exams. Previous Year Questions are asked again in different or same forms in upcoming exams. History carry a huge weightage in BPSC Civil Service PT Examination.

BPSC 66 Prelims History Previous Year Questions:

Q1.) Pietra Dura is related to which of the following?

  1. Decorating the walls with floral designs made of semi precious stones.
  2. Building sloping walls in Minars.
  3. Use of arch in constructions.
  4. Use of marble in buildings.
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: 1. Decorating the walls with floral designs made of semi precious stones.

Q2.) Who among the following participated in the Parliament of religions held in Chicago in 1893?

  1. Dayanand Saraswati.
  2. Swami Vivekanand
  3. Mahatma Gandhi
  4. Raja Ram Mohun Roy
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans 2. Swami Vivekanand

Q3.) Which Mughal ruler established Karkhanas for paintings?

  1. Humayun
  2. Akbar
  3. Jahangir
  4. Shah Jahan
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Akbar

Q4.) Who established Swaraj party in 1923?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Vallabh Bhai Patel
  3. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
  4. B.R. Ambedkar
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru

Q5.) The dual system of governance in Bengal was enforced by:

  1. Warren Hastings
  2. William Bentick
  3. Robert Clive
  4. Lord Curzon
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Robert Clive

Q6.) Who wrote the famous play ‘Neel Darpan’ in which oppression of indigo farmer is displayed?

  1. Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
  2. Rabindra Nath Tagore
  3. Barindra Ghosh
  4. Dinbandhu Mitra
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Deenbandhu Mitra

Q7.) The famous battle of Wandiwash in 1760 was fought by the British against whom?

  1. The French
  2. Spain
  3. Mysore
  4. Carnatic
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: The French

Q8.) Who drew Gandhiji’s attention to the plight of indigo peasants in Champaran?

  1. Rajendra Prasad
  2. Anugrah Narayan
  3. Acharya Kriplani
  4. Raj Kumar Shukla
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Raj Kumar Shukla

Q9.) Which of the following acts introduced separate electorate system in India?

  1. The Regulating Act 1773.
  2. The Charter Act 1833.
  3. The Pitt’s India act 1784
  4. The Indian Councils Act 1909
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: The Indian Councils Act 1909

Q10.) Which was the first capital of ancient Mahajanpada Magadh?

  1. Patliputra
  2. Vaishali
  3. Champa
  4. Anga
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: None of the above/ More than one. First capital of Magadh was Rajagrih.

Q11.) Kol mutiny in 1831 under Buddho Bhagat took place in which of the following regions?

  1. Kutch
  2. Singhbum
  3. Western Ghats
  4. Satara
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Singhbhum

Q12.) Swami Sahajanand is related to which of the following?

  1. Tribal movement in Bihar
  2. Labour movement in Bihar
  3. Peasant movement in BIhar
  4. Caste movement in Bihar
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans:) Peasant movement in Bihar

Q13.) Who spearheaded the 1857 revolt in Bihar?

  1. Nana Saheb
  2. Tatya Tope
  3. Kunwar Singh
  4. Maulvi Ahmadullah
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Kunwar Singh

Q14.) Which of the following was Gandhiji’s first Satyagrah movement in India in which he used civil disobedience?

  1. Champaran
  2. Kheda
  3. Ahmedabad
  4. Rowlatt Satyagrah
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Champaran Satyaghrah

Q15.) In which of the following colleges Gandhiji studied?

  1. Samaldas College, Bhavnagar
  2. Dharmendrasinhji College, Rajkot
  3. Gujarat College, Ahmedabad
  4. Bahudin College, Junagadh
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Samaldas College, Bhavnagar

Q16.) Who is the author of the song Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai?

  1. Surya Sen
  2. Chandrashekhar Azad
  3. Sardar Bhagat Singh
  4. Ram Prasad Bismil
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: None of the above/ More than one. Its author was Bismil Azimabadi.

Q17.) Which of the following persons participated actively in the revolt of 1857?

  1. Nana Saheb (Kanpur)
  2. Begum Hazrat Mahal (Lucknow)
  3. Maulvi Ahmedullah (Faizabad)
  4. Begum Zeenut Mehal (Delhi)
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: None of the above/ More than one.

Q18.) Which of the following movement started as a reaction against the partition of Bengal?

  1. Non Cooperation movement
  2. Civil Disobedience movement
  3. Swadeshi Movement
  4. Purna Swaraj Movement
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Swadeshi Movement

Q19.) About which act Jawaharlal Nehru had said “We were provided with a car with all brakes and no Engine”?

  1. Act of 1858
  2. Act of 1909
  3. Act of 1919
  4. Act of 1935
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Act of 1935

Q20.) Who among the following advocates had appeared for the INA trials at Delhi in 1945-46.

  1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  2. Bhulabhai Desai
  3. K.M. Munshi
  4. Sardar Patel
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Bhulabhai Desai

Q21.) For how many days did Dandi March Last?

  1. 10 days
  2. 20 days
  3. 24 days
  4. 30 days
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: 24 Days

Q22.) Where did Madam Cama unfurl the India’s tricolour flag of freedom?

  1. Paris
  2. London
  3. Stuttgart
  4. Geneva
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Stuttgart, Germany

Q23.) Which of the following pairs are correct:

  1. Vinoba Bhave – Second individual satyagrah
  2. CR Das – Deshbandhu
  3. William Wedderbern – Congress President in 1907
  4. Shyamji Krishnavarma – Founder of India House in Paris
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: CR Das – Deshbandu

Q24.) Which day was declared as Poorna Swaraj day by Congress?

  1. 26-01-1930
  2. 15-08-1947
  3. 30-01-1948
  4. 31-12-1950
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: 26-01-1930

Q25) Where was the first congress session in Bihar held?

  1. Patna
  2. Gaya
  3. Muzaffarpur
  4. Darbhanga
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Patna

Q26.) In Tinkathia system in Bihar how much land was reserved for indigo cultivation?

  1. 1/10
  2. 1/03
  3. 03/20
  4. 03/25
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: 3/20 Tinkathia System

BPSC 65 Prelims History Previous Year Questions:

Q1) Where did Gautam Buddha given his first sermon?

  1. Patliputra
  2. Sarnath
  3. Gaya
  4. Vaishali
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Sarnath

Q2.) Who was the President of the first Jain Sangiti called in Patliputra?

  1. Vasumitra
  2. Sthirmati
  3. Sthulbhadra
  4. Sudarman
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Sthulbhadra

Q3.) Who was the president of Gaya session of Indian National Congress in 1922?

  1. CR Das
  2. S P Sinha
  3. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  4. Ras Behari Bose
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: CR Das

Q4.) Who raised the question of indigo groweres of Bihar during the Lucknow session of INC in 1916?

  1. Raj Kumar Shukla
  2. Rajendra Prasad
  3. J B Kriplani
  4. Sampoornanand Sinha
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Raj Kumar Shukla

Q5.) Which ruler shifted his capital to Patliputra?

  1. Bimbisar
  2. Ajatshatru
  3. Udayin
  4. Chandragupta Maurya
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Udayin

Q6.) In which movement farmers of Bihar refused to pay Chowkidari Kar?

  1. Champaran Movement
  2. Non- Cooperaation movement
  3. Indigenous movement
  4. Civil DIsobedience movement
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Civil DIsobedience Movement

Q7.) Who wrote the book ‘Desher Katha’?

  1. Sakaharam Ganesh Deuskar
  2. Rajendra Prasad
  3. Nivaran Chandra
  4. Murli Mohan Prasad
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Sakaharam Ganesh Deuskar

Q8.) Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress?

  1. William Adam
  2. A.O. Hume
  3. Rash Behari Bose
  4. Motilal Nehru
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: A.O. Hume

Q9.) Who said “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?

  1. Bipin Chandra Pal
  2. Aurobindo Ghosh
  3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  4. Subhash Chandra Bose
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Q10.) Who was the editor of Searchlight newspaper of Bihar?

  1. Abdul Bari
  2. Lambodar Mukherjee
  3. Murli Mohan Prasad
  4. Ramanand Chatterjee
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: None of the above/ More than one.

Q11.) Rabindra Nath Tagore gave up his knighthood because of:

  1. Brutal suppression of civil disobedience motion
  2. execution of Bhagat Singh
  3. Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
  4. Chauri Chaura incident
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

Q12.) Who formed the BIhar Socialist party in 1931?

  1. Phulan Prasad Verma
  2. Swami Yoganand
  3. Narhari Parikh
  4. Dadabhai Naoroji
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Phulan Prasad Verma

Q13.) Who established the servants of India society?

  1. Lala Lajpat Rai
  2. Bipin Chandra Pal
  3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  4. Bhagat Singh
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q14.) Which revolutionaries were hanged in the Kakori train robbery case?

  1. Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla
  2. Veer savarkar and Vasudev Chapekar
  3. Prafulll Chakki and Khudiram Bose
  4. Surya Sen and Udham Singh
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla

Q15.) Who was the first Satyagrahi of the individual satyagrahi movement?

  1. Sarojini Naidu
  2. C Rajagopalchari
  3. Vinoba Bhave
  4. Subhash Chandra Bose
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Vinoba Bhave

Q16.) Who wrote the book ‘India for Indians’?

  1. CR Das
  2. MG Ranade
  3. V D Savarkar
  4. S N Bannerjee
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: C R Das

Q17.) Who was the founder of India House in London?

  1. Shyamji Krishnaverma
  2. Rash Behari Bose
  3. Ramchandra
  4. Taraknath Das
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Shyamji Krishnaverma

Q18.) Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by:

  1. Dayanand Saraswati
  2. Jyotiba Phule
  3. Gandhiji
  4. Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
  5. None of the above/ More than one.

Ans: Jyotiba Phule

Q19.) Who led the salt Satyagrah in Bhagalpur?

  1. Shri Krishna Singh
  2. Mahadev Lal Sarraf
  3. Kumar Mishra
  4. Satyanarayan
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Mahadev Lal Sarraf

Q20.) Who was the first women President of the Indian National Congress?

  1. Kasturba Gandhi
  2. Mrs Annie Besant
  3. Sarojini Naidu
  4. Bhakt Laxmi Desai
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Annie Besant

Q21.) Who led Ambari Satyagrah in 1939 in Bihar?

  1. Rahul Sankrityayan
  2. Yadunandan Sharma
  3. Swami Sahajanand
  4. Swami Yuganand
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Rahul Sankkrityayayn

Q22.) Yusuf Shah Chak the last Muslim ruler of Kashmir valley who was exiled to Bihar by the Mughal emperor Akbar was buried in ?

  1. Patliputra
  2. Rajgir
  3. Munger
  4. Nalanda
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Nalanda

Q23.) The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in inscriptions is?

  1. Chakravati
  2. Priyadarshi
  3. Dharmdeva
  4. Dharmakriti
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Priyadarshi

Q24.) Who is considered as the creator of modern Bihar?

  1. Sacchidanand Sinha
  2. Kumar Kalika Prasad Sinha
  3. Sir Ganesh Singh
  4. Achharya Narayan Dev
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Sacchidanand Sinha

Q25.) Who formed Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha?

  1. Swami Sahajanand Sararwati
  2. Ram Sunder Singh
  3. Ganga Sharan Sinha
  4. Ramanand Mishra
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Swami Sahajanand Saraswati

Q26.) Who among the following is known for his work on medicine during the Gupta period?

  1. Sushruta
  2. Saumila
  3. Shudraka
  4. Shaunaka
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Sushruta

Q27.) Dutch east India company established its factory in Patna in which year?

  1. 1601
  2. 1632
  3. 1774
  4. 1651
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: 1632

Q28.) Which of the following script from ancient India is written from right to left?

  1. Brahmi
  2. Sharda
  3. Kharoshti
  4. Nandanagari
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Kharoshti

Q29.) Who established Swaraj Dal in Bihar?

  1. Shri Krishna Singh
  2. Ramlal Shah
  3. Bankim Chandra Mitra
  4. Sachindra Nath Sanyal
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Shri Krishna Singh

Q30.) Which of the following ports was in use for the North Indian trade during the Gupta Period?

  1. Kalyan
  2. Tamralipti
  3. Broach
  4. Cambay
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: None of the above/ More than one

Q31.) Who established Ashta Pradhaan?

  1. Chandragupt
  2. Ashoka
  3. Harhvardhan
  4. Shivaji
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Shivaji

Q32.) Mughal Painting reached its zenith during the reign of?

  1. Jahangir
  2. Humayun
  3. Shahjahan
  4. Akbar
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Jahangir

Q33.) Which Delhi Sultan built maximum number of canals?

  1. Firuz Shah Tughlaq
  2. Iltutmish
  3. Balban
  4. Sikander Lodhi
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Firuz Shah Tughlaq

Q34.) In medieval India why was Mansabdari system introduced?

  1. For revenue collection
  2. Facilitating recruitment to the army
  3. To establish religious army
  4. Ensuring clean administration
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Facilitating recrutiment to the army

Q35.) Who used Hooghly as the base for piracy of Bengal?

  1. The Dutch
  2. The French
  3. The Portuguese
  4. The British
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: The Portuguese

Q36.) Under whose leadership suppression of thugs achieved?

  1. Lord Clive
  2. Captain Sleeman
  3. Lord Minto
  4. Alexander Burns
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Captain Sleeman

Q37.) The Sarabandi campaign of 1922 was led by:

  1. Chittranjan Das
  2. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
  3. Rajendra Prasad
  4. Lala Lajpat Rai
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Sardar Vallabh Rai Patel

Q38.) Who was the President of INC at the time of partition?

  1. J B Kriplanni
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  4. C Rajagopalchari
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: J B Kriplani

Q39.) The viceroy who followed aggressive policy towards Afghanistan was:

  1. Lord Mayo
  2. Lord Lytton
  3. Lord Dufferin
  4. Lord Canning
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Lord Lytton

Q40.) In 1930 from where Mahatma Gandhi started the civil disobedience movement?

  1. Wardha
  2. Dandi
  3. Sevagram
  4. Sabarmati
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Dandi

Q41.) The system under which the peasant himself owns the land and is responsible for payment of land revenue to the Government is known as:

  1. Zamindari System
  2. Ryotwari System
  3. Mahalwari System
  4. Dahsala System
  5. None of the above/ More than one

Ans: Ryotwari System

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