History MCQs and Answers: History MCQs are very important for OPSC, OSSC, OSSSC & Other State Exams. Aspirants who are willing to apply for the various Government exams 2022 must go through the topics of History for competitive exams, as History is a key part of the syllabus.
Q1. The paintings in the Ajanta and Ellora caves are indicative of development of art under the?
(a) Rashtrakutas.
(b) Pallavas.
(c) pandyas.
(d) Challykyas.
Q2. Who was the governor general during the second Anglo- Mysore war?
(a) Lord Wellesley.
(b) Lord Cornwallis.
(c) Sir John shore.
(d) Warren Hastings.
Q3. Siraj-ud-daulah renamed which city as alinagar?
(a)Calcutta.
(b) Agra.
(c) ferozpur.
(d) fatehpur.
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Q4. From where did Acharya VinobaBhave start the individual satyagraha in1940?
(a) SardarVallabhbhai Patel.
(b) DRM B.R. Ambedkar.
(c) sir alladiKrishnaswamyayyar.
(d) pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Q5.The capital of the maurayan kingdom was located at?
(a) Pataliputra.
(b)Vaishali.
(c) Lumbini.
(d) Gaya.
Q6. Which one of the following was not a French settlement in india?
(a) Puducherry.
(b) mahe.
(c) Goa.
(d) Chandarnagar.
Q7. Which was the only india site with an artificial brick dockyard?
(a) Lothal.
(b) Kalibanga.
(c) Harappa.
(d) MohenjoDaro.
Q8. Who was the president of Indian National Congress when the Mountbatten plan of independence was accepted?
(a) Jawahar Lal Nehru.
(b) sardar Patel.
(c) Maulana Azad.
(d) Acharya j.b.Kriplani.
Q9. The essential features of the Indus valley civilization was?
(a) worship of forces of nature.
(b) organised city life.
(c) pastoral farming.
(d) caste society.
Q10. Which of the following Vedas provides information about the civilization of the early Vedic age?
(a) Rig Veda.
(b) Yajurveda.
(c) Atharvaveda.
(d) Samveda.
Q11. J.E.D. Bethune was closely associated with
(a) Abolition of Pardah system
(b) Female education
(c) Widow remarraige
(d) Abolition of slavery
Q12. In the Indian Parliamentary System, ‘Vote on Account’ is valid for how many months (except the year of elections)?
(a) 2 months
(b) 3 months
(c) 6 months
(d) 9 months
Q13. In the Constituent Assembly, when was the ad-hoc Committee appointed for the National Flag—
(a) 22th June 1947
(b) 22th July 1947
(c) 22th Jan. 1947
(d) 22th Feb. 1947
Q14. In geography ‘Gulf Stream’ refers to
(a) A warm ocean current
(b) Strong air current
(c) Streams joining a gulf
(d) The name of a stream
Q15. Special Economic Zone (SEZ) concept was first introduced in
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) India
(d) Pakistan
ANSWER
S1. (d)
Sol.
- The paintings in Ajanta and Ellora caves developed under the Challykyas.
S2. (d)
Sol.
- During the second Anglo-Mysore war hyder Ali died and he was succeeded by his son.
- During that war the governor general ship of Bengal was under Lord Warren Hastings.
- It was concluded with the treaty of Mangalore.
S3. (a)
Sol.
siraj-ud-daulah renamed Calcutta as alinagar, The treaty of alinagar was signed on 9th Feb 1757 between Robert Clive and siraj-ud-daulah.
S4. (d)
Sol.
- jawahar Lal Nehru was the chairman of the union power’s committee of the constituent assembly.
S5. (a)
Sol.
- The capital of Mauryan kingdom was pataliputra.
S6.(d)
Sol.
- Chandarnagar was not a French settlement, Puducherry, Mahe and Goa were important parts of French company.
S7. (a)
Sol.
- Lothal was the Port City of Indus valley civilization.
- It was located at saragwala , Gujarat.
- A massive dockyard was found at Lothal which is supposed to be the earliest dock in the history of the world.
S8. (d)
Sol.
- In the session of 1947 held at Meerut Acharya J.B. Kriplani was the president of Indian National Congress, when Mountbatten plan of independence was accepted.
S9. (c)
Sol.
- The Indus valley civilization had advanced urban culture , proper town planning and wide roads cutting each other at 90 degree.
S10.(a)
Sol.
- Rigveda is the oldest of four vedas. It is a collection of thousands of hymns .
S11.Ans.(b)
Sol. J.E.D. Bethune a barrister and law member of the Governor-General’s Council, was an Anglo-Indian lawyer and a pioneer in promoting women’s education in 19th-century India. Bethune founded an institution for women’s education in Calcutta which later becomes Bethune College.
S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Vote on Account is the special provision given to the government to obtain the vote of Parliament to withdraw money when the budget for the new financial year is not released or the elections are underway, and the caretaker government is in place. A vote on account stays valid for two months.
S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the head of the Ad hoc committee on National Flag in the constituent assembly. The flag of the congress party was accepted as the National Flag with few changes on July 22, 1947.
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic Ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and stretches to the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. Special Economic Zone (SEZ) concept was first introduced in China in the 1980s. The most successful SEZ in China, Sherizhen, has developed from a small village into a city with a population over 10 million within 20 years. Commerce Minister MrMaranHad introduced SEZ concept in year 1997 for first times in India.
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