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HPAS 2020 History Topic-Wise Solutions

HPAS 2020 History Topic-Wise Solutions

Question 1

Consider the given four statements:
1. In 1865, High Courts were established at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
2. In 1791, Jonathan Dunca, started a Sanksrit College at Varanasi.
3. The first Telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra was opened in 1854.
4. The Pitt’s India Act was passed in 1785.

  • (a) 1 and 2
  • (b) 3 and 4
  • (c) 1 and 3
  • (d) 2 and 3
Correct Answer: (a) 1 and 2
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Question 2

Consider the following statements:
1. Haider Ali established a Modern arsenal in Dindigal in 1757 AD.
2. Haider Ali died in 1783 AD.
3. Tipu Sultan planted a ‘Tree of Liberty’ at Srirangapatanam.
4. Tipu Sultan was a member of a ‘Jacobin Club’.

  • (a) 3 and 4
  • (b) 1 and 4
  • (c) 2 and 3
  • (d) 2 and 4
Correct Answer: (a) 3 and 4
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Question 4

Which Indus Valley sites are in India?
1. Dholavira
2. Rakhigarhi
3. Mohen-jo-Daro
4. Ganweriwala

  • (a) 1 and 2
  • (b) 2 and 3
  • (c) 3 and 4
  • (d) 2 and 4
Correct Answer: (a) 1 and 2
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Question 12

Match List I with List II:

List-I (Event):
A. Delhi Darbar
B. Second Anglo Afghan war
C. Kuka Movement started
D. Queen Victoria declared ‘Kaiser-i-Hind’

List-II (Year):
1. 1872
2. 1876
3. 1878
4. 1877

  • (a) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3
  • (b) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
  • (c) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
  • (d) A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
Correct Answer: (b) A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
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Question 52

Who was the author of the book ‘Gulamgiri’?

  • (a) Swami Dayanand
  • (b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
  • (c) Mahatma Jyotiba Pule
  • (d) Swami Ramkrishan Parmhans
Correct Answer: (c) Mahatma Jyotiba Pule
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Question 53

In which year ‘The Indian Universities Act’ was passed?

  • (a) 1901
  • (b) 1904
  • (c) 1905
  • (d) 1909
Correct Answer: (b) 1904
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Question 54

In which Governor General’s tenure, the Brishers conquered ‘Sindh’?

  • (a) Lord Auckland
  • (b) Lord Ellenborough
  • (c) Lord Hasting
  • (d) Lord Dalhousie
Correct Answer: (b) Lord Ellenborough
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Question 83

Statement 1: There was a provision in the Charter Act of 1833 to abolish slavery.
Statement 2: In 1855, the British merged the Riyasat of Awadh with their kingdom, accusing them of misrule.

  • (a) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct
  • (b) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are incorrect
  • (c) Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect
  • (d) Statement 1 is incorrect and Statement 2 is correct
Correct Answer: (c) Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect
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Question 84

Statement 1: Young Bengal Movement was started by Sisir Kumar Ghosh.
Statement 2: Prarthna Samaj was established in Bombay in 1865.

  • (a) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct
  • (b) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are incorrect
  • (c) Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect
  • (d) Statement 1 is incorrect and Statement 2 is correct
Correct Answer: (b) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are incorrect
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Question 87

Statement 1: Mahatma Gandhi gave slogan of ‘Do or Die’ during Quit India Movement.
Statement 2: Subhash Chandra Bose established Forward Block Party in 1939.

  • (a) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct
  • (b) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are incorrect
  • (c) Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect
  • (d) Statement 1 is incorrect and Statement 2 is correct
Correct Answer: (a) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct
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Question 88

Statement 1: In 1942, S.N. Tagore established Indian Revolutionary Communist Party.
Statement 2: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar moved ‘Objective Resolution’ in Constitutent Assembly on 13th December.

  • (a) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct
  • (b) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are incorrect
  • (c) Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect
  • (d) Statement 1 is incorrect and Statement 2 is correct
Correct Answer: (c) Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect
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Question 93

Arrange the following events in chronological order:
1. Death of C.R. Das
2. Simon Commission appointed
3. Death of revolutionary Jatin Das
4. Nehru Report

  • (a) 1, 2, 3, 4
  • (b) 1, 2, 4, 3
  • (c) 2, 1, 3, 4
  • (d) 2, 1, 4, 3
Correct Answer: (b) 1, 2, 4, 3
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Question 94

Arrange these later Mughal Badshahs chronologically:
1. Jahandar Shah
2. Farrukhsiyar
3. Ahmed Shah
4. Alamgir II

  • (a) 1, 2, 3, 4
  • (b) 3, 1, 2, 4
  • (c) 1, 2, 4, 3
  • (d) 2, 1, 3, 4
Correct Answer: (a) 1, 2, 3, 4
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Question 98

Put these agrarian movements in chronological order with the date of their start:
1. Bardoli Peasants Movement
2. Khera Peasants Movement
3. Champaran Satyagrah
4. Mopla Peasants Movement

  • (a) 2, 3, 1, 4
  • (b) 3, 2, 4, 1
  • (c) 3, 4, 1, 2
  • (d) 1, 3, 2, 4
Correct Answer: (b) 3, 2, 4, 1
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